American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 197, Issue 2 , Pages 162.e1-162.e6, August 2007

Blood pressure dynamics during pregnancy and spontaneous preterm birth

  • Jun Zhang, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD
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  • Jose Villar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Oxford, Oxford, England, UK
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  • Wenyu Sun, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD
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  • Mario Merialdi, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Bank Special Programme of Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Hany Abdel-Aleem, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Assiut University Hospital, Assiut, Egypt
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  • Matthews Mathai, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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  • Mohamed Ali, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Bank Special Programme of Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Kai F. Yu, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD
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  • Nelly Zavaleta, MD

      Affiliations

    • Instituto de Investigación Nutricional, Lima, Peru
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  • Manorama Purwar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Government Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur, India
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  • Nguyen Thi Nhu Ngoc, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hung Vuong Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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  • Liana Campodonico, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales, Rosario, Argentina
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  • Sihem Landoulsi, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Development and Research Training in Human Reproduction, Department of Reproductive Health and Research, World Bank Special Programme of Research, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland
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  • Marshall Lindheimer, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.
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  • Guillermo Carroli, MD

      Affiliations

    • Centro Rosarino de Estudios Perinatales, Rosario, Argentina

Received 25 October 2006; received in revised form 18 January 2007; accepted 13 March 2007.

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 This work was supported in part by the National Institutes of Health Intramural Research Program (to J.Z., W.S., and K.F.Y.).

 Cite this article as: Zhang J, Villar J, Sun W, et al. Blood pressure dynamics during pregnancy and spontaneous preterm birth. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2007;197:162.e1-162.e6.

PII: S0002-9378(07)00419-X

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2007.03.053

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 197, Issue 2 , Pages 162.e1-162.e6, August 2007

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