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Waiting time to pregnancy and pregnancy outcome among Danish workers in the textile, clothing, and footwear industries

Inger Schaumburg, From the Institute of Community Health University of Odense, Denmark, Dr Inger Schaumburg Inst, of Community Health J. B. Winsløwsvej 17 DK-5000 Odense C Danmark

Jesper L. Boldsen

Jesper L. Boldsen, From the Institute of Community Health University of Odense, Denmark

Delay in conception and pregnancy outcome among Danish workers in the textile, clothing and footwear industries. Schaumburg, I. and Boldsen, J. L. (Institute of Community Health, University of Odense, J. B. Winsløws Vej 17, DK 5000 Odense C, Denmark).

The relationship between time from planned to achieved pregnancy and pregnancy outcome has been studied in a group of 18,658 workers in the textile, clothing and footwear industries. Information on pregnancy outcome and delay in conception in the period 1979–84 was collected by self administered questionnaires in 1985. The response rate was 70.3%. During the study period there had been 5,171 live births and 70S spontaneous abortions. Information on delay in conception was collected in broad categories. The data were analysed by means of a newly developed statistical parametric model in order to collect all possible information from the highly grouped data. Median waiting time before a pregnancy which ended in spontaneous abortion was 1.68 times longer than median waiting time before a pregnancy leading to a live birth. There seems to be a correlation between the length of the waiting time and abortion.

Key Words: spontaneous abortion • infertility • subfecundity • occupation • conception

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health, Vol. 20, No. 2, 110-114 (1992)
DOI: 10.1177/140349489202000208


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