作者
Stephanie Dellicour, George Aol, Peter Ouma, Nicole Yan, Godfrey Bigogo, Mary J Hamel, Deron C Burton, Martina Oneko, Robert F Breiman, Laurence Slutsker, Daniel Feikin, Simon Kariuki, Frank Odhiambo, Gregory Calip, Andreas Stergachis, Kayla F Laserson, Feiko O Ter Kuile, Meghna Desai
发表日期
2016/4/1
期刊
BMJ open
卷号
6
期号
4
页码范围
e011088
出版商
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
简介
Objective
Information on adverse pregnancy outcomes is important to monitor the impact of public health interventions. Miscarriage is a challenging end point to ascertain and there is scarce information on its rate in low-income countries. The objective was to estimate the background rate and cumulative probability of miscarriage in rural western Kenya.
Design
This was a population-based prospective cohort.
Participants and setting
Women of childbearing age were followed prospectively to identify pregnancies and ascertain their outcomes in Siaya County, western Kenya. The cohort study was carried out in 33 adjacent villages under health and demographic surveillance.
Outcome measure
Miscarriage.
Results
Between 2011 and 2013, among 5536 women of childbearing age, 1453 pregnancies were detected and 1134 were included in the analysis. The cumulative probability was 18.9%. The weekly miscarriage …
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