Interpregnancy Interval and Birth Outcomes: A Propensity Matching Study in the California Population

202211 citationsJournal Articlehybrid Open Access

Authors

Jayme L. Congdon · University of California, San Francisco

Rebecca J. Baer · University of California, San Diego

Jennet Arcara · University of California, Berkeley

Sky K. Feuer · University of California, San Francisco

Anu Manchikanti Gómez · University of California, Berkeley

Deborah Karasek · University of California, San Francisco

Scott P. Oltman

Abstract

This study demonstrates a dose response association between short IPI and adverse birth outcomes, with no increased risk beyond 12 months. Findings suggest that longer IPI recommendations may be overly proscriptive.

Topics & Keywords

Reproductive Health and Contraception Ectopic Pregnancy Diagnosis and Management Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volume 26, Issue 5, pp. 1115-1125

DOI: 10.1007/s10995-022-03388-4

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