• Maternal Risk Factors for Preterm Birth in Murmansk County, Russia: A Registry-Based Study 

      Usynina, Anna Alexandrovna; Postoev, Vitaly Alexandrovich; Grjibovski, Andrej; Krettek, Alexandra; Nieboer, Evert; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Anda, Erik Eik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      Background: Globally, about 11% of all liveborn infants are preterm. To date, data on prevalence and risk factors of preterm birth (PTB) in Russia are limited. The aims of this study were to estimate the prevalence of PTB in Murmansk County, Northwestern Russia and to investigate associations between PTB and selected maternal factors using the Murmansk County Birth Registry. Methods: We conducted ...
    • Risk factors for perinatal mortality in Murmansk County, Russia: a registry-based study 

      Usynina, Anna Alexandrovna; Grjibovski, Andrej M; Krettek, Alexandra; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Kudryavtsev, Alexander Valerievich; Anda, Erik Eik (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-01-27)
      Background: Factors contributing to perinatalmortality (PM) in Northwest Russia remain unclear. This study investigated possible associations between selected maternal and fetal characteristics and PM based on data from the population-based Murmansk County Birth Registry. <br> Objective: This study investigated possible associations between selected maternal and fetal characteristics and PM ...
    • Risk factors of adverse pregnancy outcomes: opportunities and perspectives of a birth registry-based study 

      Usynina, Anna Alexandrovna (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2017-02-08)
      Background: Preterm birth, perinatal death, and birth of babies small for gestational age are amongst common adverse pregnancy outcomes. Maternal lifestyle, mothers’ health status before and during pregnancy, previous adverse pregnancy outcomes as well as socio-demographic factors all influence perinatal mortality, prematurity, and small for gestational age birth. To date, despite many studies of ...
    • Social correlates of term small for gestational age babies in a Russian Arctic setting 

      Usynina, Anna Alexandrovna; Grjibovski, Andrej; Odland, Jon Øyvind; Krettek, Alexandra (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-11-29)
      <b>Background.</b> Small for gestational age (SGA) births have been associated with both short- and long-term adverse health outcomes. Although social risk factors for SGA births have been studied earlier, such data are limited from Northern Russia.<br> <b>Objective.</b> We assessed maternal social risk factors for term SGA births based on data from the population- 20 based Murmansk County Birth ...