Obstetrics (Preterm Delivery)

Reasons for Remain Elusive, Military Study Affirms

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, November 6th, 1995

As other studies of premature births have found, a recent review of the phenomenon among women in the United States military also found that most of the causes of preterm delivery are unknown.

To examine whether risk factors differed among subgroups of preterm (<37 weeks or gestation) deliveries, CDC's Melissa M. Adams and colleagues studied a cohort of 1,825 enlisted servicewomen who delivered from 1987 through 1990 at four U.S. Army medical centers. ("Risk Factors for Preterm Delivery in a Healthy Cohort," Epidemiology 1995;6:525-532.)

Researchers said perhaps their most striking finding was the lack of strong associations detected, despite the...

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