TY - JOUR T1 - Pregnancy within 8 months of a previous birth was associated with an increased rate of preterm birth JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 122 LP - 122 DO - 10.1136/ebn.1.4.122 VL - 1 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 1998/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/1/4/122.abstract N2 - Basso O, Olsen J, Knudsen L, Et AL. Low birth weight and preterm birth after short interpregnancy intervals.Am J Obstet Gynecol1998 Feb;178:259–63.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science Question Are short interpregnancy intervals, defined as ≤8 months, associated with an increased risk of low birth weight or preterm delivery? Cohort study.Denmark.10 187 women who had 2 births between 1980 and 1992. Exclusion criteria were multiple births, stillbirths, and incomplete records for birth weight and gestational age of the child.Interpregnancy interval was defined as ≤4, 4.01–8.00, 8.01–12.00, 12.01–24.00, 24.01–36.00, and >36 months and calculated as the difference between the birthdate of the first child and estimated date of conception of the second child in the study pair. The interval 24.01–36.00 months was taken as the reference standard (odds ratio [OR] 1.0). Other risk … ER -