title: Risk factors associated with stillbirth in Thai Nguyen province, Vietnam.
abstract: We investigated risk factors associated with stillbirths using personal interviews and medical records abstraction in a hospital-based case-control study in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam. There were 47 stillbirth cases and 365 controls in this study. Maternal education (< or =12 years) (Odds Ratio, OR = 3.07; 95% CI = 1.19-7.96), from rural communities (OR = 2.42; 95% CI = 1.16-5.03), primiparous (OR = 3.83; 95% CI = 1.10-13.40) and lack of prenatal care vitamins (OR = 2.56; 95% CI = 1.25-5.23) were statistically significant risk factors associated with stillbirth in an age-adjusted multivariable model. Our findings suggest that improved maternal health education and care in all communities may reduce the burden of fetal loss in this province.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA. smtang@u.washington.edu
authors.forename: Swee May
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Cripe
authors.forename: Tu Thi Thanh
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Phung
authors.forename: Thi Phuong Lan
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: Michelle A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D012307:Risk Factors; D050497:Stillbirth / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology