Neonatal mortality risk associated with preterm birth in East Africa, adjusted by weight for gestational age: individual participant level meta-analysis

Tanya Marchant; Barbara Willey; Joanne Katz; Siân Clarke; Simon Kariuki; Feiko Ter Kuile; John Lusingu; Richard Ndyomugyenyi; Christentze Schmiegelow; Deborah Watson-Jones; Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg

doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001292

Neonatal mortality risk associated with preterm birth in East Africa, adjusted by weight for gestational age: individual participant level meta-analysis

Tanya Marchant, Barbara Willey, Joanne Katz, Siân Clarke, Simon Kariuki, Feiko Ter Kuile, John Lusingu, Richard Ndyomugyenyi, Christentze Schmiegelow, Deborah Watson-Jones, Joanna Armstrong Schellenberg

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Abstract

Low birth weight and prematurity are amongst the strongest predictors of neonatal death. However, the extent to which they act independently is poorly understood. Our objective was to estimate the neonatal mortality risk associated with preterm birth when stratified by weight for gestational age in the high mortality setting of East Africa.

Original language	English
Journal	P L o S Medicine
Volume	9
Issue number	8
Pages (from-to)	e1001292
ISSN	1549-1277
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001292
Publication status	Published - 2012

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Marchant, T., Willey, B., Katz, J., Clarke, S., Kariuki, S., Ter Kuile, F., Lusingu, J., Ndyomugyenyi, R., Schmiegelow, C., Watson-Jones, D., & Armstrong Schellenberg, J. (2012). Neonatal mortality risk associated with preterm birth in East Africa, adjusted by weight for gestational age: individual participant level meta-analysis. P L o S Medicine, 9(8), e1001292. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001292

Neonatal mortality risk associated with preterm birth in East Africa, adjusted by weight for gestational age : individual participant level meta-analysis. / Marchant, Tanya; Willey, Barbara; Katz, Joanne; Clarke, Siân; Kariuki, Simon; Ter Kuile, Feiko; Lusingu, John; Ndyomugyenyi, Richard; Schmiegelow, Christentze; Watson-Jones, Deborah; Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna.

In: P L o S Medicine, Vol. 9, No. 8, 2012, p. e1001292.

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Marchant, T, Willey, B, Katz, J, Clarke, S, Kariuki, S, Ter Kuile, F, Lusingu, J, Ndyomugyenyi, R, Schmiegelow, C, Watson-Jones, D & Armstrong Schellenberg, J 2012, 'Neonatal mortality risk associated with preterm birth in East Africa, adjusted by weight for gestational age: individual participant level meta-analysis', P L o S Medicine, vol. 9, no. 8, pp. e1001292. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001292

Marchant, Tanya ; Willey, Barbara ; Katz, Joanne ; Clarke, Siân ; Kariuki, Simon ; Ter Kuile, Feiko ; Lusingu, John ; Ndyomugyenyi, Richard ; Schmiegelow, Christentze ; Watson-Jones, Deborah ; Armstrong Schellenberg, Joanna. / Neonatal mortality risk associated with preterm birth in East Africa, adjusted by weight for gestational age : individual participant level meta-analysis. In: P L o S Medicine. 2012 ; Vol. 9, No. 8. pp. e1001292.

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