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- Title
Strenuous or Sedentary Routine May Raise Preterm Birth Risk Among Poor.
- Authors
Olenick, I.
- Abstract
The article reports on the finding that low-income pregnant women in the United States who engage in strenuous physical activities as part of daily routines during pregnancy are at increased risk to delivering preterm. Low-income women who engage in strenuous physical activities as part of their daily routines during pregnancy are at in- creased risk of delivering preterm, according to a study of clinic patients in Maryland. For instance, women who climb stairs more than 10 times a day are nearly twice as likely as women who climb stairs less frequently to deliver preterm. According to a survey, the proportion delivering preterm was slightly above average among black women, smokers and women who received public assistance. It was substantially higher among those who bad used drugs or who had had complications during pregnancy. In bivariate analyses, women who climbed stairs more than 10 times a day were 1.5 times as likely to deliver preterm as were those who climbed stairs less frequently; women who walked for a purpose four or more days a week also had increased odds of delivering preterm.
- Subjects
PREMATURE labor; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT women; WORKING hours; AFRICAN American women; PHYSICAL fitness; OBSTETRICS
- Publication
Family Planning Perspectives, 1998, Vol 30, Issue 6, p294
- ISSN
0014-7354
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/2991510