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SUBMITTER: Brabin B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6880560 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brabin Bernard B Tinto Halidou H Roberts Stephen A SA
Malaria journal 20191126 1
<h4>Background</h4>In view of recent evidence from a randomized trial in Burkina Faso that periconceptional iron supplementation substantially increases risk of spontaneous preterm birth (< 37 weeks) in first pregnancies (adjusted relative risk = 2.22; 95% CI 1.39-3.61), explanation is required to understand potential mechanisms, including progesterone mediated responses, linking long-term iron supplementation, malaria and gestational age.<h4>Methods</h4>The analysis developed a model based on a ...[more]