The association between induced abortion and low birthweight in the following pregnancy

Amaç

Our purpose was to examine whether first trimester induced abortion increases the risk of low birthweight in subsequent singleton live births.

Yöntem

We studied all the women that gave birth in our department between July 1996 and june 2002, and we divided them in three groups: Group A consisted of 496 women that had at least one induced abortion before the live birth delivery, Group B consisted of 239 women that had at least one spontaneous abortion before the live birth delivery and Group C consisted of 682 women that had never had an abortion before the live birth delivery. All the women of the study gave birth after the 259th day of pregnancy (using both LMP date and ultrasound estimation before the 56th day of pregnancy).

Bulgular

In Group A low birthweight (LBW, <25OO gr.) was found in 7,25% of term pregnancies [6% in first pregnancy (17), 8,3% in second pregnancy(l6), 13,6% in third pregnancy(3)I in Group B LBW was found in 5% of term pregnancies [3,7% in first pregnancy (4), 5,7% in second pregnancy (6), 7,1% in third pregnancy (2)]. in Group C LBW was found in 4,1% of term pregnancies [3,03% in first pregnancy (10), 4,96% in second pregnancy (14), 5,63% in third pregnancy (4)].

Sonuç

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