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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics Advance Access originally published online on June 7, 2007
Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 2007 53(5):366-367; doi:10.1093/tropej/fmm044
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Risk Factors Associated with Stillbirth in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam

Swee May Cripea, Tu Thi Thanh Phungb, Thi Phuong Lan Nguyenc and Michelle A. Williamsa

aDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, bLaboratoire de BIOSTATISTICS, Institute Universitaire de Recherche Clinique, Faculté Medecine, Université Montpellier, France, andcDepartment of Social Medicine, Thai Nguyen Medical University, Thai Nguyen City, Vietnam

Correspondence: Swee May Cripe, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific Way (HSB F263), PO Box 357236, Seattle, Washington 98195-7236, USA. E-mail < smtang{at}u.washington.edu>.

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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 (≤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.

Key Words: stilbirth • epidemiology • pregnant women • Vietnam


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