Maternal and fetal risk factors for stillbirth: population based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the main risk factors associated with stillbirth in a multiethnic English maternity population.

Design

Cohort study.

Setting

National Health Service region in England.

Population

92,218 normally formed singletons including 389 stillbirths from 24 weeks of gestation, delivered during 2009-11.

Main outcome measure

Risk of stillbirth.

Results

Multivariable analysis identified a significant risk of stillbirth for parity (para 0 and para ≥ 3), ethnicity (African, African-Caribbean, Indian, and Pakistani), maternal obesity (body mass index ≥ 30), smoking, pre-existing diabetes, and history of mental health problems, antepartum haemorrhage, and fetal growth restriction (birth weight below 10th customised birthweight centile). As poten

SUBMITTER: Gardosi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3554866 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature