Physically strenuous work during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth
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Physically strenuous work during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth. / Knudsen, Iben Risager; Bonde, Jens Peter; Petersen, Sesilje Bondo.
I: Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health, Bind 73, Nr. 4, 2018, s. 236-242.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Physically strenuous work during pregnancy and risk of preterm birth
AU - Knudsen, Iben Risager
AU - Bonde, Jens Peter
AU - Petersen, Sesilje Bondo
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The aim of the study was to examine the risk of preterm birth following physically strenuous work during pregnancy. We included 343 pregnant women referred to an occupational medical clinic. Data on preterm birth and covariates were retrieved from the Danish Birth Registry. Risk estimates were computed by logistic regression using a population sample of gainfully employed women as reference (n = 345,915). The risk of preterm birth was increased in women lifting heavy loads during pregnancy (OR 1.40, 95% CI [0.88, 2.23]) but not in women with physically strenuous work (OR 0.98, 95% CI [0.66, 1.46]). The mean gestational age in the heavy-lifting group compared to the reference group was 2.4 days shorter (95% CI [0.36, 4.41]). The study challenges earlier reassuring findings as heavy-lifting pregnant women had a reduced gestational age, indicating a possibility of increased risk of preterm birth.
AB - The aim of the study was to examine the risk of preterm birth following physically strenuous work during pregnancy. We included 343 pregnant women referred to an occupational medical clinic. Data on preterm birth and covariates were retrieved from the Danish Birth Registry. Risk estimates were computed by logistic regression using a population sample of gainfully employed women as reference (n = 345,915). The risk of preterm birth was increased in women lifting heavy loads during pregnancy (OR 1.40, 95% CI [0.88, 2.23]) but not in women with physically strenuous work (OR 0.98, 95% CI [0.66, 1.46]). The mean gestational age in the heavy-lifting group compared to the reference group was 2.4 days shorter (95% CI [0.36, 4.41]). The study challenges earlier reassuring findings as heavy-lifting pregnant women had a reduced gestational age, indicating a possibility of increased risk of preterm birth.
U2 - 10.1080/19338244.2017.1342589
DO - 10.1080/19338244.2017.1342589
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 28622105
VL - 73
SP - 236
EP - 242
JO - Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
JF - Archives of Environmental and Occupational Health
SN - 1933-8244
IS - 4
ER -
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