Shortening of gestational length among native-born and immigrants in Spain (1997–2008) (original) (raw)

• Bergsjø P, Denman DW 3rd, Hoffman HJ, Meirik O. Duration of human singleton pregnancy. A population-based study. Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1990;69(3):197–207.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Delpisheh A, Brabin L, Attia E, Brabin BJ. Pregnancy late in life: a hospital-based study of birth outcomes. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2008;17(6):965–70.
  Article Google Scholar
• St-Laurent J, De Wals P, Moutquin JM, Niyonsenga T, Noiseux M, Czernis L. Biopsychosocial determinants of pregnancy length and fetal growth. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2008;22(3):240–8.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Petridou E, Trichopoulos D, Tong D, Revinthi K, Tsitsika A, Papathoma E, Aravantinos D. Modulators of length of gestation. A study in Greece. Eur J Public Health. 1996;6:159–65.
  Article Google Scholar
• Hosseini SM, Biglan MW, Larkby C, Brooks MM, Gorin MB, Day NL. Trait anxiety in pregnant women predicts offspring birth outcomes. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2009;23(6):557–66.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Tegethoff M, Greene N, Olsen J, Meyer AH, Meinlschmidt G. Maternal psychosocial adversity during pregnancy is associated with length of gestation and offspring size at birth: evidence from a population-based cohort study. Psychosom Med. 2010;72(4):419–26.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Mamelle N, Laumon B, Lazar P. Prematurity and occupational activity during pregnancy. Am J Epidemiol. 1984;119:309–22.
  CAS PubMed Google Scholar
• Saurel-Cubizolles MJ, Zeitlin J, Lelong N, Papiernik E, Di Renzo GC, Bréart G. Europop group. Employment, working conditions, and preterm birth: results from the Europop case-control survey. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2004;58(5):395–401.
  Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar
• Guendelman S, Pearl M, Graham S, Hubbard A, Hosang N, Kharrazi M. Maternity leave in the ninth month of pregnancy and birth outcomes among working women. Womens Health Issues. 2009;19(1):30–7.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Stillerman KP, Mattison DR, Giudice LC, Woodruff TJ. Environmental exposures and adverse pregnancy outcomes: a review of the science. Reprod Sci. 2008;15(7):631–50. Review.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Allen VM, Wilson RD, Cheung A, Genetics Committee of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC); Reproductive Endocrinology Infertility Committee of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC). Pregnancy outcomes after assisted reproductive technology. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2006;28(3):220–50.
  PubMed Google Scholar
• Welmerink DB, Voigt LF, Daling JR, Mueller BA. Infertility treatment use in relation to selected adverse birth outcomes. Fertil Steril. doi:10.1016/j.fertnstert.2010.03.005.
• Oshiro BT, Henry E, Wilson J, Branch DW, Varner MW, Women and Newborn Clinical Integration Program. Decreasing elective deliveries before 39 weeks of gestation in an integrated health care system. Obstet Gynecol. 2009;113(4):804–11.
  PubMed Google Scholar
• Roberts CL, Taylor L, Henderson-Smart D. Trends in births at and beyond term: evidence of a change? Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1999;106(9):937–42.
  Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar
• Davidoff MJ, Dias T, Damus K, Russell R, Bettegowda VR, Dolan S, Schwarz RH, Green NS, Petrini J. Changes in the gestational age distribution among U.S. singleton births: impact on rates of late preterm birth, 1992 to 2002. Semin Perinatol. 2006;30(1):8–15.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Astolfi P, De Pasquale A, Zonta LA. Gestational age shortening in single births at term. Italy 1990–1998. Eur J Epidemiol. 2007;22(4):263–5.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Donahue SM, Kleinman KP, Gillman MW, Oken E. Trends in birth weight and gestational length among singleton term births in the United States: 1990–2005. Obstet Gynecol. 2010;115(2 Pt. 1):357–64.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Bosch X. Investigating the reasons for Spain’s falling birth rate. Lancet. 1998;352(9131):887.
  Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar
• Matorras R, Expósito A, Carreras M. Fertility policy in Spain. Pharmaceuticals Policy and Law.2007;9:229–33. http://iospress.metapress.com/content/1ll3dg5j7vx45vny/fulltext.pdf Accessed 02 July 2010.
• Spanish National Statistics Register. Population in 2009 by country of birth. http://www.ine.es/jaxi/tabla.do?path=/t20/e245/p04/provi/l0/&file=00000011.PX&type=pcaxis&L=0 Accessed 01 July 2010.
• Spanish National Statistics Register. Births by mother’s nationality in 2009. http://www.ine.es/jaxi/tabla.do?path=/t20/e301/nacim/a2008/l0/&file=05005.px&type=pcaxis&L=0 Accessed 01 July 2010.
• Papiemik E, Alexander GR, Paneth N. Racial differences in pregnancy duration and its implications for perinatal care. Med Hypotheses. 1990;33:181–6.
  Article Google Scholar
• Wilcox M, Gardosi J, Mongelli M, Ray C, Johnson I. Birthweight from pregnancies dated by ultrasonography in a multicultural British population. BMJ. 1993;307:588–91.
  Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar
• Patel RR, Steer P, Doyle P, Little MP, Elliott P. Does gestation vary by ethnic group? A London-based study of over 122, 000 pregnancies with spontaneous onset of labour. Int J Epidemiol. 2004;33(1):107–13.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Nielsen J, ed. Births and infant mortality in the Nordic countries.Copenhagen: Nordic Medico-Statistical Committee (NOMESCO), 1993:39.
• Stoltenberg C, Magnus P. Children with low birth weight and low gestational age in Oslo, Norway: immigration is not the cause of increasing proportions. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1995;49(6):588–93.
  Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar
• Malin M, Gissler M. Maternal care and birth outcomes among ethnic minority women in Finland. BMC Public Health. 2009;9:84.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Manzanares Galan S, López Gallego MF, et al. Results of poor prenatal care in the immigrant population. Progresos de Obstetricia y Ginecología. 2008;51(4):9.
  Google Scholar
• Puig Sola C, Zarzoso Palomero A, et al. [Hospital admission in newborns according to ethnicity and parents’ country of origin in an urban area of Barcelona [Spain]]. Gac Sanit. 2008;22(6):555–64.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Tierney-Gumaer R, Reifsnider E. Risk factors for low birth weight infants of Hispanic, African American, and White women in Bexar County, Texas. Public Health Nurs. 2008;25(5):390–400.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Yang H, Kramer MS, Platt RW, Blondel B, Bréart G, Morin I, Wilkins R, Usher R. How does early ultrasound scan estimation of gestational age lead to higher rates of preterm birth? Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2002;186(3):433–7.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Ananth CV. Menstrual versus clinical estimate of gestational age dating in the United States: temporal trends and variability in indices of perinatal outcomes. Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2007;21(Suppl 2):22–30.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Indicadores de actividad hospitalaria en España. (2000–2005). http://www.msc.es/estadEstudios/estadisticas/docs/serie_escri_00_05_es.pdf Accessed 30 July 2010.
• Guendelman S, Buekens P, Blondel B, Kaminski M, Notzon FC, Masuy-Stroobant G. Birth outcomes of immigrant women in the United States, France, and Belgium. Matern Child Health J. 1999;3(4):177–87.
  Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar
• Vahratian A, Buekens P, Delvaux T, Boutsen M, Wang Y, Kupper LL. Birthweight differences among infants of North African immigrants and Belgians in Belgium. Eur J Public Health. 2004;14(4):381–3.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Buekens P, Masuy-Stroobant G, Delvaux T. High birthweights among infants of north African immigrants in Belgium. Am J Public Health. 1998;88(5):808–11.
  Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar
• Callister LC, Birkhead A. Acculturation and perinatal outcomes in Mexican immigrant childbearing women: an integrative review. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2002;16(3):22–38. Review.
  PubMed Google Scholar
• Page RL. Positive pregnancy outcomes in Mexican immigrants: what can we learn? J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2004;33(6):783–90. Review.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar
• Urquia ML, Frank JW, Moineddin R, Glazier RH. Immigrants’ duration of residence and adverse birth outcomes: a population-based study. BJOG. 2010;117(5):591–601.
  Article CAS PubMed Google Scholar
• Río I, Castelló A, Jané M, Prats R, Barona C, Más R, Rebagliato M, Zurriaga O, Bolúmar F. Reproductive and perinatal health indicators in immigrant and Spanish-born women in Catalonia and Valencia (2005–2006). Gac Sanit. 2010;24(2):123–7.
  Article PubMed Google Scholar