| Maternal birth characteristics and perinatal mortality in twin offspring. An intergenerational population-based study in Norway, 1967-2008. | |
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PMID: 21291511 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Please cite this paper as: Tandberg A, Melve K, Nordtveit T, Bjørge T, Skjaerven R. Maternal birth characteristics and perinatal mortality in twin offspring. An intergenerational population-based study in Norway, 1967-2008. BJOG 2011; DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.2010.02877.x. Objective To investigate the relationship between maternal preterm birth and fetal growth in one generation and perinatal mortality of twin offspring in the next generation. Design Population-based cohort study. Setting The Medical Birth Registry of Norway from 1967 to 2008. Population Linked generational data with 9426 mother-twin pair units. Methods Twin offspring were linked to their mothers by means of the unique national identification numbers. Main outcome measures Perinatal mortality in twin offspring. Results The twin prevalence was not dependent on the mother's gestational age at birth, but increased with increasing birthweight in term mothers. Maternal gestational age was strongly and inversely associated with a risk of perinatal death in one or both of her twin offspring. Compared with term mothers, preterm mothers born at 27-31 and 32-34 weeks had relative risks (RRs) for perinatal loss of 3.83 [95% confidence interval (CI), 1.56-9.36] and 2.41 (95% CI, 1.29-4.50), respectively. This effect was even stronger after the use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART), with a significant interaction between maternal gestational age and ART (P = 0.03). Further, term mothers with birthweight-by-gestational age Z-scores of -2 or less had more than twice the risk of a perinatal loss in their twin offspring relative to mothers with the most favourable birthweight Z-scores (1-1.99) [RR, 2.42 (95% CI, 1.37-4.29)]. Conclusions Women born preterm had an increased risk of perinatal mortality in their twin offspring, particularly after ART treatment. The same was true for women who were growth restricted at term. A twin pregnancy is a high-risk pregnancy in general, but even more so if the mother herself was born preterm or was growth restricted at birth. |
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A Tandberg; Kk Melve; Ti Nordtveit; T Bjørge; R Skjaerven |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-2-4 |
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Title: BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Volume: - ISSN: 1471-0528 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-2-4 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100935741 Medline TA: BJOG Country: - |
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© 2011 The Authors BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology © 2011 RCOG. |
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Department of Public Health and Primary Health Care, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway Medical Birth Registry of Norway, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Bergen, Norway. |
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