ArticlePLOS global public health2022
Effect of preterm birth on early neonatal, late neonatal, and postneonatal mortality in India.
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- Preterm birth and neonatal mortality in selected slums in and around Dhaka City of Bangladesh: A cohort study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Predictors of Preterm Neonatal Mortality in India and Pakistan: A Secondary Analysis of Data from PURPOSe Study.Global pediatric health · 2024Article
- The Association of Abnormal Doppler and Abnormal Amniotic Fluid Volume in the Third Trimester of Pregnancy with Preterm Birth in Pregnant Women in Agra, India.The Indian journal of radiology & imaging · 2023Article
- The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on routine childhood immunization coverage and timeliness in India: retrospective analysis of the National Family Health Survey of 2019-2021 data.The Lancet regional health. Southeast Asia · 2023Article
- Correction: Effect of preterm birth on early neonatal, late neonatal, and postneonatal mortality in India.PLOS global public health · 2023Article
- Magnitude and Predictors of Early Neonatal Mortality in Africa:- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sage open pediatricsReview
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Despite India having a high burden of infant deaths and preterm birth, there is a clear lack of studies documenting association between preterm birth and infant mortality in India. Additionally, existing studies have failed to account for unobserved heterogeneity while linking preterm birth with infant mortality. Hence, the present study examines association of preterm birth with early neonatal death (ENND), late neonatal death (LNND), and postneonatal death (PNND) in India. We used the reproductive calendar canvassed in the cross-sectional National Family Health Survey 2015-16 (NFHS-4) to identify preterm births. We used multivariable logistic regression to examine the associations for all births, most-, second most-, and third most- recent births occurred in five years preceding NFHS-4. We use mother fixed-effect logistic regression to confirm the associations among all recent births. Among all births, preterm births were 4.2, 3.8, and 1.7 times as likely as full-term births to die during early neonatal, late neonatal, and postneonatal periods respectively. Among most recent births, preterm births were 4.4, 4.0, and 2.0 times as likely as full-term births to die during early neonatal, late neonatal, and postneonatal periods respectively. Preterm births were also associated with risk of only ENND, LNND, and PNND among the second most recent births. Preterm births were associated with risk of only ENND and LNND among the third most recent births. Preterm births were also associated with ENND, LNND, and PNND in the mother fixed-effects regressions. This study establishes associations of preterm birth with ENND, LNND, and PNND in India using over 0.2 million births that occurred in 5 years preceding one of the largest population-based representative household surveys conducted in any part of the world. Our findings call for programmatic and policy interventions to address the considerable burden of preterm birth in the country.
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