Am J Epidemiol 2003; 157:185-194.
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Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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Risk Factors for Ectopic Pregnancy: A Comprehensive Analysis Based on a Large Case-Control, Population-based Study in France
1 INSERM U569, IFR69 (The French Institute of Health and Medical Research), Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
2 Centre Hospitalier Hôtel-Dieu, Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
3 Hôpital Antoine Béclère, Service de Gynécologie-Obstétrique, Clamart, France.
4 Service d’Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Clermont-Ferrand, France.
This case-control study was associated with a regional register of ectopic pregnancy between 1993 and 2000 in France. It included 803 cases of ectopic pregnancy and 1,683 deliveries and was powerful enough to investigate all ectopic pregnancy risk factors. The main risk factors were infectious history (adjusted attributable risk = 0.33; adjusted odds ratio for previous pelvic infectious disease = 3.4, 95% percent confidence interval (CI): 2.4, 5.0) and smoking (adjusted attributable risk = 0.35; adjusted odds ratio = 3.9, 95% CI: 2.6, 5.9 for >20 cigarettes/day vs. women who had never smoked). The other risk factors were age (associated per se with a risk of ectopic pregnancy), prior spontaneous abortions, history of infertility, and previous use of an intrauterine device. Prior medical induced abortion was associated with a risk of ectopic pregnancy (adjusted odds ratio = 2.8, 95% CI: 1.1, 7.2); no such association was observed for surgical abortion (adjusted odds ratio = 1.1, 95% CI: 0.8, 1.6). The total attributable risk of all the factors investigated was 0.76. As close associations were found between ectopic pregnancy and infertility and between ectopic pregnancy and spontaneous abortion, further research into ectopic pregnancy should focus on risk factors common to these conditions. In terms of public health, increasing awareness of the effects of smoking may be useful for ectopic pregnancy prevention.
abortion, induced; case-control studies; infertility, female; pregnancy, ectopic; registries; risk factors; sexually transmitted diseases; tobacco
Abbreviations: Abbreviation: CI, confidence interval.
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