Factors associated with employment status before and during pregnancy: Implications for studies of pregnancy outcomes

ConclusionsEmployment status was significantly associated with many common risk factors for adverse pregnancy outcomes. Pregnancy outcome studies should consider adjustment or stratification by employment status. In studies of occupational exposures, these differences may cause uncontrollable confounding if non‐employed women are treated as unexposed instead of excluded from analysis. Am. J. Ind. Med. 60:329–341, 2017. © 2017 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Source: American Journal of Industrial Medicine - March 15, 2017 Category: Occupational Health Authors: Carissa M. Rocheleau, Stephen J. Bertke, Christina C. Lawson, Paul A. Romitti, Tania A. Desrosiers, Aaron J. Agopian, Erin Bell, Suzanne M. Gilboa, Tags: Research Article Source Type: research