Metabolic and Endocrine Status in Women With Prior Preterm Birth

Namsos Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diabetes Mellitus; Polycystic Ovary Syndrome; Preterm Birth

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01355536

46011600-57

Details and patient eligibility

About

The prevalence of preterm birth is rising in most western countries. The causes of preterm birth is not fully understood and seem to be multifactorial. The endocrine and metabolic aspects are scarcely investigated.The main purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that endocrine and metabolic factors associate to preterm births.

Enrollment: 262 patients

Sex: Female

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• One or more preterm birth in the given period of time
• Having Namsos Hospital as their local Hospital during pregnancy

Exclusion criteria

• Moved from the region of Mid- Norway at the time of the study
• Lack of communication skills in Norwegian or English
• Ongoing pregnancy
• Ongoing breastfeeding

Trial design

262 participants in 2 patient groups

Preterm birth group

Description:

Women with prior preterm birth

Term birth group

Description:

Women with prior term birth