Medical. births starts too early or too late means increased risks for children and mothers. In a unique study with information from hundreds of thousands century births in Sweden and Norway, researchers want to find out the factors that determine when a baby starts.
the study, led by Professor Bo Jacobsson at the Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg, is partly based on material from the Norwegian so-called mother-child study, and the Swedish medical birth registry.
– knowledge of why a birth starts at a certain time is insufficient. This despite the fact that it is a widespread problem in large parts of the world. The goal of this project is one to understand some of the background, the biological mechanisms and environmental factors that make some women give birth too early, says Bo Jacobsson said.
Causes major risks
premature birth, ie a birth before 37 completed weeks of gestation affects between 5 and 18 percent of all pregnant women in Europe. It also causes three-quarters of all deaths in childbirth, either the child dies in the mother’s womb or shortly after birth. Also, births after 42 weeks means increased risks for both baby and mom.
– Can we understand the mechanism, we can both find better techniques for starting and take preventative measures before in case it is needed, says Bo Jacobsson.
in the Norwegian material, as Bo Jacobsson helped to develop, include data from 11,000 families with information about both mother, father and child’s DNA and gestational age. There is also information on the environment in the mother remained in the pregnancy and her dietary habits. This information will be combined with data from the Swedish registry of more than four million pregnancies.
“Unique opportunity”
– this is the largest study undertaken of this kind . We have a unique opportunity to study the details of extremely high quality, and our results can then be used by other researchers around the world, which in turn can proceed with other sub-projects, says Bo Jacobsson.
the first results will be presented at the end of this year. The project will last until 2020.
FACTS
project financing
the research project led by the Sahlgrenska Academy has received over 15 million in support from different institutions. According to Bo Jacobsson, the large funding also the interest that exists for this research.
Jane and Dan Olsson Foundation for scientific purposes has contributed to a pilot study. Other sponsors are the US March of Dimes, Swedish Research Council, the Norwegian Research Council and the Sahlgrenska Academy.
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