K. Ekholm
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K. Ekholm has a total of 3 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
G. Sydsjö
Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences Linko ¨ping University Linko ¨ping Sweden
1 shared publication- John Carstensen
Linköping University
1 shared publication O. Finnström
Division of Pediatrics Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine Faculty of Health Sciences Linko ¨ping University Linko ¨ping Sweden
1 shared publication
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 15 April 2005
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 161 (8) , 725-733
The Probability of Giving Birth among Women Who Were Born Preterm or with Impaired Fetal Growth: A Swedish Population-based Registry Study
The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether women born prematurely or with impaired fetal growth have a reduced probability of giving birth. Using Swedish population-based registries, the authors identified 148,281 women born in 1973–1975 for follow-up until 2001. Of these women, 4.1% were born preterm and 0.32% very preterm, 0.29% were born with a very low birth weight, and 5.4% were small for gestational age. Outcome measures were the hazard ratios for giving birth during the study period. Adjustments were made for socioeconomic factors. Very-low-birth-weight women displayed a reduced probability of giving birth (hazard ratio = 0.74, 95% confidence interval: 0.60, 0.91), most apparent among women aged 25 or more years. There were also tendencies of reduced hazard ratios of giving birth among women born preterm or very preterm in this age interval. Women born small for gestational age (below −2 standard deviations) seemed to be more likely to have given birth (hazard ratio = 1.09, 95% confidence interval: 1.04, 1.14), but when a more extreme group of small-for-gestational-age women (below −3 standard deviations) was defined, the association was less evident (hazard ratio = 1.04, 95% confidence interval: 0.94, 1.16). The results suggest that very-low-birth-weight women and, possibly, women born preterm or very preterm have a reduced probability of giving birth, while the results regarding small for gestational age are less clear.
- 15 April 2005
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in American Journal of Epidemiology
- Vol. 161 (8) , 725-733
Open AccessThe Probability of Giving Birth among Women Who Were Born Preterm or with Impaired Fetal Growth: A Swedish Population-based Registry Study
The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether women born prematurely or with impaired fetal growth have a reduced probability of giving birth. Using Swedish population-based registries, the authors identified 148,281 women born in 1973–1975 for follow-up until 2001. Of these women, 4.1% were born preterm and 0.32% very preterm, 0.29% were born with a very low birth weight, and 5.4% were small for gestational age. Outcome measures were the hazard ratios for giving birth during the study period. Adjustments were made for socioeconomic factors. Very-low-birth-weight women displayed a reduced probability of giving birth (hazard ratio = 0.74, 95% confidence interval: 0.60, 0.91), most apparent among women aged 25 or more years. There were also tendencies of reduced hazard ratios of giving birth among women born preterm or very preterm in this age interval. Women born small for gestational age (below −2 standard deviations) seemed to be more likely to have given birth (hazard ratio = 1.09, 95% confidence interval: 1.04, 1.14), but when a more extreme group of small-for-gestational-age women (below −3 standard deviations) was defined, the association was less evident (hazard ratio = 1.04, 95% confidence interval: 0.94, 1.16). The results suggest that very-low-birth-weight women and, possibly, women born preterm or very preterm have a reduced probability of giving birth, while the results regarding small for gestational age are less clear.