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Maternal Periodontal Disease and Preterm Low Birthweight: Case-Control Study
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Periodontal disease has been suggested to be an important risk factor for preterm low birthweight (PLBW). Here we report a case-control study of 236 cases (infants < 37 wks and weighing < 2499 g) and a daily random sample of 507 controls (≥ 38 wks and weighing ≥ 2500 g). Clinical periodontal indices were measured on the labor wards. Associated risk factors for periodontal disease and PLBW were ascertained by means of a structured questionnaire and maternity notes. The risk for PLBW decreased with increasing pocket depth (odds ratio [OR] 0.83, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.68 to 1.00). After adjustment for maternal age, ethnicity, maternal education, smoking, alcohol consumption, infections, and hypertension during pregnancy, this decreased further (OR 0.78, 95% CI 0.64 to 0.99). We found no evidence for an association between PLBW and periodontal disease. Our results do not support a specific drive to improve periodontal health of pregnant women as a means of improving pregnancy outcomes.
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- Davenport, E. S., Williams, C. E. C. S., Sterne, J. A. C., Murad, S., Sivapathasundram, V., & Curtis, M. A.
- Venue
- Journal of Dental Research
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2002-05
- Volume
- 81
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 313-318
- ISSN
- 0022-0345 (ISSN-L)
- 1544-0591
- OpenAlex
- W2038394729
- Cited by
- 304
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 21.20
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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