Effect of high parity on occurrence of some fetal growth indices: a cohort study.

The objective of this retrospective cohort study was to explore the potential causal relation between parity and fetal growth indices, including low birth weight (LBW), macrosomia, and prematurity. The study was nested on a community trial in a city in Oman. The study analyzed 1939 pregnancies among 479 participants.

Effect of high parity on occurrence of anemia in pregnancy: a cohort study.

Background: Studies that explore the controversial association between parity and anaemia-in-pregnancy (AIP) were often hampered by not distinguishing incident cases caused by pregnancy from prevalent cases complicated by pregnancy. The authors' aim in conducting this study was to overcome this methodological concern.

Methods: A retrospective cohort study was conducted in Oman on 1939 pregnancies among 479 parous female participants with available pregnancy records in a community trial.

Effect of high parity on the occurrence of prediabetes: a cohort study.

Objective: To assess the effect of parity on the occurrence of prediabetes defined as an abnormal fasting plasma glucose (5.6-6.9 mmol/l), an abnormal 2-hour oral glucose tolerance test (7.

Outcome after transabdominal cervicoisthmic cerclage.

Objective: To estimate benefits and risks of transabdominal cervicoisthmic cerclage in women with cervical insufficiency in whom transvaginal cerclage is considered surgically unfeasible.

Methods: This was an observational cohort study with historical controls of 101 pregnancies after transabdominal cervicoisthmic cerclage in 101 women with a classic history of cervical insufficiency and severe cervical defects precluding transvaginal cerclage.

Results: Median gestational age at elective transabdominal cerclage (n = 95) was 14 (range 12-16) weeks and at emergency cerclage (n = 6) was 18 (range 17-22) weeks.

Morbidity and development in childhood of infants born after temporising treatment of early onset pre-eclampsia.

Objective: To assess morbidity and development in childhood of infants born after temporising management of severe early onset pre-eclampsia.

Design: Cohort study with matched controls.

Setting: University centre for high risk obstetrics.