Sex, birth weight, and the risk of stillbirth in Scotland, 1980-1996. Smith, G C American journal of epidemiology, 151(6):614–9, March, 2000. ![Sex, birth weight, and the risk of stillbirth in Scotland, 1980-1996. [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper abstract bibtex The aim of this study was to determine whether the risk of stillbirth associated with male fetal sex was modified by fetal growth. The study group consisted of all singleton first births weighing greater than 500 g delivered between 28 and 43 weeks gestation in Scotland in 1980-1996 (n = 469,152). Overall, male fetuses were at an increased risk of stillbirth (relative risk = 1.19, 95 percent confidence interval: 1.10, 1.29). There was a significant negative interaction between male sex and increasing birth weight quintile in term, but not preterm, births. The interaction was virtually identical when calculated independently for births in the periods 1980-1987 and 1988-1996. There were linear decreases in the proportion of stillbirths and the proportion of birth weights in the lowest quintile over the period 1980-1996. Adjustment for year of birth did not affect the relation between male sex and stillbirth. However, adjustment for birth weight resulted in a loss of the association between year of birth and risk of stillbirth. The authors concluded that 1) the association between male sex and stillbirth diminishes with increasing birth weight quintile, and 2) there was a fall in the proportion of stillbirths in Scotland between 1980 and 1996, which may have been due to a fall in the proportion of small babies over the same period. Using data from the Scottish morbidity record, this study determined whether the risk of stillbirth associated with male fetal sex was modified by fetal growth. The study group comprised of all singleton first births weighing 500 g that were delivered between 28 and 43 weeks gestation in Scotland in 1980-96 (n = 469,152). Overall, male fetuses were at increased risk of stillbirth (relative risk = 1.19; 95% confidence interval: 1.10, 1.29). There was a significant negative interaction between male sex and increasing birth weights quintile in term, but not preterm births. The interaction was virtually identical when calculated independently for births between the periods 1980-87 and 1988-96. There were linear decreases in the proportion of stillbirths and the proportion of birth weights in the lowest quintile during 1980-96. Adjustment for year birth did not affect the relation between male sex and stillbirth. Adjustment for birth weight, however, resulted in a loss of association between birth and risk of still birth. Two conclusions were drawn from these findings: 1) the association between male sex and stillbirth diminishes with increasing birth weight quintile; 2) there was a decline in the proportion of stillbirths in Scotland between 1980 and 1996, which may have been due to a reduction in the proportion of small babies over the same period.
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title = {Sex, birth weight, and the risk of stillbirth in {Scotland}, 1980-1996.},
volume = {151},
issn = {0002-9262},
url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10733043},
abstract = {The aim of this study was to determine whether the risk of stillbirth associated with male fetal sex was modified by fetal growth. The study group consisted of all singleton first births weighing greater than 500 g delivered between 28 and 43 weeks gestation in Scotland in 1980-1996 (n = 469,152). Overall, male fetuses were at an increased risk of stillbirth (relative risk = 1.19, 95 percent confidence interval: 1.10, 1.29). There was a significant negative interaction between male sex and increasing birth weight quintile in term, but not preterm, births. The interaction was virtually identical when calculated independently for births in the periods 1980-1987 and 1988-1996. There were linear decreases in the proportion of stillbirths and the proportion of birth weights in the lowest quintile over the period 1980-1996. Adjustment for year of birth did not affect the relation between male sex and stillbirth. However, adjustment for birth weight resulted in a loss of the association between year of birth and risk of stillbirth. The authors concluded that 1) the association between male sex and stillbirth diminishes with increasing birth weight quintile, and 2) there was a fall in the proportion of stillbirths in Scotland between 1980 and 1996, which may have been due to a fall in the proportion of small babies over the same period.
Using data from the Scottish morbidity record, this study determined whether the risk of stillbirth associated with male fetal sex was modified by fetal growth. The study group comprised of all singleton first births weighing 500 g that were delivered between 28 and 43 weeks gestation in Scotland in 1980-96 (n = 469,152). Overall, male fetuses were at increased risk of stillbirth (relative risk = 1.19; 95\% confidence interval: 1.10, 1.29). There was a significant negative interaction between male sex and increasing birth weights quintile in term, but not preterm births. The interaction was virtually identical when calculated independently for births between the periods 1980-87 and 1988-96. There were linear decreases in the proportion of stillbirths and the proportion of birth weights in the lowest quintile during 1980-96. Adjustment for year birth did not affect the relation between male sex and stillbirth. Adjustment for birth weight, however, resulted in a loss of association between birth and risk of still birth. Two conclusions were drawn from these findings: 1) the association between male sex and stillbirth diminishes with increasing birth weight quintile; 2) there was a decline in the proportion of stillbirths in Scotland between 1980 and 1996, which may have been due to a reduction in the proportion of small babies over the same period.},
number = {6},
urldate = {2015-05-25},
journal = {American journal of epidemiology},
author = {Smith, G C},
month = mar,
year = {2000},
pmid = {10733043},
keywords = {Birth Weight, Female, Fetal Death, Fetal Death: epidemiology, Gestational Age, Humans, Infant, Newborn, Male, Risk, Scotland, Scotland: epidemiology, Sex Distribution, Sex Factors},
pages = {614--9},
}
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