title: Maternal, fetal, and placental conditions associated with medically indicated late preterm and early term delivery: a retrospective study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Our objectives were: (1) to examine the association between maternal, fetal, and placental phenotypes of preterm delivery and medically indicated early delivery of singletons during the late preterm and early term periods; and (2) to identify the specific maternal, fetal, and placental conditions associated with these early deliveries.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective study.
  
  
  METHODS
  City of London and Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  Singleton live deliveries, at 34-41 weeks of gestation to women in London and Middlesex.
  
  
  METHODS
  We obtained data from a city-wide perinatal database (2002-2011; n = 25 699). We used multinomial logistic regression for multivariable analyses.
  
  
  METHODS
  The outcome was the occurrence of medically indicated late preterm (34-36 weeks of gestation) and early term (37-38 weeks of gestation) delivery, versus delivery at full term (39-41 weeks of gestation).
  
  
  RESULTS
  After controlling for confounding factors, all phenotypes were associated with increased odds of medically indicated late preterm and early term delivery. Within the maternal phenotype, chronic maternal medical conditions were associated with increased odds of medically indicated early term delivery (e.g. for gastrointestinal disease, adjusted odds ratio, aOR 1.72, 95% CI 1.47-2.00; for anaemia, aOR 1.40, 95% CI 1.20-1.63), but not late preterm delivery.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The aetiology of medically indicated early delivery close to full term is heterogeneous. Patterns of associations suggest slightly different conditions underlying the late preterm and early term phenotypes, with chronic maternal medical conditions being associated with early term delivery but not with late preterm delivery. These results have implications for the prevention of early delivery as well as the identification of high-risk groups among those born early.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The aetiology of medically indicated late preterm and early term delivery is heterogeneous.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.|Children's Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.|Children's Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada.|Department of Pediatrics, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: K N
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Speechley
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Macnab
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Natale
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.|Children's Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada.|Department of Pediatrics, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.|Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D005865:Gestational Age; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007751:Labor, Induced; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D010641:Phenotype; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy; D047928:Premature Birth / Q000209:etiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D047929:Term Birth
keywords: Chronic disease; pregnancy complications; preterm birth; term birth