Sex of the First-born and Risk of Preterm Birth in the Subsequent Pregnancy

Laust Hvas Mortensen; Henriette Svarre Nielsen; Sven Cnattingius; Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

doi:10.1097/EDE.0b013e31820e8600

Sex of the First-born and Risk of Preterm Birth in the Subsequent Pregnancy

Laust Hvas Mortensen, Henriette Svarre Nielsen, Sven Cnattingius, Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

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: Recent data suggest that the chance of successfully maintaining a pregnancy may be influenced by the sex of previously born children. We explored a possible relation between sex of the first-born infant and the risk of preterm birth in the second pregnancy.

Original language	English
Journal	Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.)
Volume	22
Issue number	3
Pages (from-to)	328-32
Number of pages	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1097/EDE.0b013e31820e8600
Publication status	Published - 1 May 2011

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