Risk factors of ectopic pregnancy.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To assess the risk factors of ectopic pregnancy in Thai women.SETTING:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University.DESIGN:
Case controlled study. MATERIAL ANDMETHOD:
From 1999 to 2000, 208 cases of ectopic pregnancy and 781 controls (postpartum women) were included in the study. The women were interviewed by trained research interviewers using a standardized questionnaire. Detailed information regarding age at first intercourse, number of sexual partners, history of changing partners within 6 months, previous obstetric history, history of spontaneous and criminal abortion, history of pelvic inflammatory disease, smoking, history of endometriosis and history of previous ectopic pregnancy was collected.RESULTS:
By multivariate analysis, 5 variables remained as strong and independent risk factors for ectopic pregnancy the number of sexual partners > or = 2 (OR = 3.02, 95% CI (1.75-5.23), vaginal delivery > or = 1 (OR = 0.005, 95% CI (0.002-0.0015), history of pelvic inflamatory disease (OR = 3.17, 95% CI (1.40-7.19), smoking (OR = 2.49, 95% CI (1.36-4.55), infertility (OR = 2.74, 95% CI (1.35-5.54)).CONCLUSION:
Problems of multiple sexual partners, pelvic inflammatory disease, smoking and infertility were the main risk factors of ectopic pregnancy in Thai women.
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IMSEAR (South-East Asia)
Main subject:
Pregnancy, Ectopic
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Thailand
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
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Risk Factors
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Adult
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Risk factors
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Year:
2003
Type:
Article
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