Assessment of predictive markers for placental inflammatory response in preterm births. by Min-A Kim, You Sun Lee, Kyung Seo

“…Placental inflammatory response (PIR) is associated with adverse neonatal outcomes such as sepsis, cerebral palsy, low birth weight, preterm birth, and neonatal mortality. However, there is an urgent need for noninvasive and sensitive biomarkers for prediction of PIR. …”
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Risk factors for preterm births in São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil by Vânia Maria de Farias Aragão, Antônio Augusto Moura da Silva, Lívia Farias de Aragão, Marco Antônio Barbieri, Heloísa Bettiol, Liberata Campos Coimbra, Valdinar Sousa Ribeiro

“…Preterm birth continues to be one of the main causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality. …”
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Sonographic Cervical Markers at the Second Trimester for the Prediction of Preterm Birth by Soghra Khazardoost, Mahdieh Modarresi, Masoumeh Shafaat, Seyedeh Mojgan Ghalandarpoor-Attar, Seyedeh Mahya Modaresi

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Preterm Birth and Maternal Mood States: What Is the Impact on Bonding? by Chiara Ionio, Giulia Ciuffo, Caterina Colombo, Olivia Melani, Maria Francesca Figlino, Marta Landoni, Francesca Castoldi, Francesco Cavigioli, Gianluca Lista

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What is Behind the Rising Rates of Preterm Birth in the United States? by John D. Lantos, Diane S. Lauderdale

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Folic acid level and preterm birth among Sudanese women by Manal E. Sharif, Ahmed Mohamedain, AbdelBagi A. Ahmed, Abubakr M. Nasr, Ishag Adam

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Assessment of Uterocervical Angle as a predictor of spontaneous preterm birth by Priyanka, Sangeeta Rai, Pramod Singh

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Assessment of the tocolytic nifedipine in preclinical primary models of preterm birth by Bridget M. Arman, Natalie K. Binder, Natasha de Alwis, Sally Beard, Danielle A. Debruin, Alan Hayes, Stephen Tong, Tu’uhevaha J. Kaitu’u-Lino, Natalie J. Hannan

“…Abstract Spontaneous preterm birth is the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. …”
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Impact of clinical subtypes of preterm birth on child health and development by Amy Metcalfe, Paul Brown, Carly McMorris, Kathleen Chaput, Maria Ospina, Kaylee Ramage, Radha Chari, Doug Wilson

“…Introduction Preterm birth (birth <37 weeks of gestation) is common. …”
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The Association Between Exercise During Pregnancy and the Risk of Preterm Birth by Zhang J, Xiao Y, Bai S, Lin S, Du S, Wang Z

“…Jin Zhang,1,&ast; Yang Xiao,2,&ast; Shuoxin Bai,3 Shaoqian Lin,2 Shuang Du,1 Zhiping Wang4 1Department of Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China; 2Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Jinan, Shandong, 250021, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China; 4School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Zhiping Wang, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, 44 Wenhuaxi Road, Jinan, Shandong, 250012, People’s Republic of China, Email zhipingw@sdu.edu.cnPurpose: We aimed to examine the association between exercise during pregnancy and preterm birth (PTB).Methods: This study was a baseline survey of the Jinan birth cohort. …”
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Distinct childhood neurodevelopmental trajectories following very preterm birth by M. Solerdelcoll Arimany, C. Nosarti

“… Introduction Very preterm birth (VPT; <32 weeks’ gestation) constitutes itself an environmental risk factor for a wide range of severe mental disorders. …”
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Mother’s Lifestyle Feature Relevance for NICU and Preterm Birth Prediction by Deshpande Himani, Ragha Leena

“…Random forest based hybrid model using F-score and Mutual information is used to evaluate each features for their capability of True positive(TP) and False Negative(FN) predictions. For preterm birth prediction, out of all the features hypertension, diabetes, PCOS and consumption of outside food during teenage are found to be the most relevant features. …”
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Association between Anemia in Pregnancy and Preterm Birth at Sunpasitthiprasong Hospital by Suthinee Saluckpetch, Pongsun Puntachai

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Probing the potential of mucus permeability to signify preterm birth risk by Conroy, K., Pagidas, K., Snegovskikh, V., House, M., Smith-Dupont, K. B., Wagner, Caroline E, Witten, Jacob Julian Seid, Rudoltz, Hannah R., Ribbeck, Katharina

“…Preterm birth is the leading cause of neonatal mortality, and is frequently associated with intra-amniotic infection hypothesized to arise from bacterial ascension across a dysfunctional cervical mucus plug. …”
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Impact of preterm birth on maternal wellbeing and women’s perceptions of their baby by Henderson, J, Carson, C, Redshaw, M

“…<strong>Background:</strong> Approximately 15 million babies were born preterm worldwide in 2010 and In England in 2014 there were 52, 249 preterm births. Preterm babies are at increased risk of poor outcomes and this can put enormous strain on the family. …”

The effect of maternal alcohol consumption on fetal growth and preterm birth. by O'Leary, C, Nassar, N, Kurinczuk, J, Bower, C

“… OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relationship between prenatal alcohol exposure and fetal growth and preterm birth and to estimate the effect of dose and timing of alcohol exposure in pregnancy. …”

Differing impact of preterm birth on the right and left atria in adulthood by Schuermans, A, den Harink, T, Raman, B, Smillie, RW, Alsharqi, M, Mohamed, A, Lapidaire, W, van Deutekom, AW, Leeson, P, Lewandowski, AJ

“…<p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p>Preterm birth affects 10% of live births and is associated with an altered left ventricular and right ventricular phenotype and increased cardiovascular disease risk in young adulthood. …”

The distribution of clinical phenotypes of preterm birth syndrome: implications for prevention. by Barros, F, Papageorghiou, A, Victora, C, Noble, J, Pang, R, Iams, J, Cheikh Ismail, L, Goldenberg, R, Lambert, A, Kramer, MS, Carvalho, M, Conde-Agudelo, A, Jaffer, Y, Bertino, E, Gravett, MG, Altman, D, Ohuma, E, Purwar, M, Frederick, I, Bhutta, Z, Kennedy, S, Villar, J

“…IMPORTANCE: Preterm birth has been difficult to study and prevent because of its complex syndromic nature. …”

Association between preterm births and socioeconomic development: analysis of national data by Marina Sanches Montemor, Gabriella Ferreira Demarque, Agatha Sacramento Rodrigues, Rossana Pulcinelli Vieira Francisco, Mario Henrique Burlacchini de Carvalho

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Omega-3 fatty acids to prevent preterm birth: Australian pregnant women’s preterm birth awareness and intentions to increase omega-3 fatty acid intake by Jamie V de Seymour, Lucy A Simmonds, Jacqueline Gould, Maria Makrides, Philippa Middleton

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