The relation of breech presentation at term to epilepsy in childhood
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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the relation between breech at term and epilepsy in childhood, and identify risk factors for epilepsy in term breech infants.
STUDY DESIGN: Register-based study of all (n = 7514) singleton term infants without malformations, born between 1980 and 1994 and hospitalised with epilepsy until year 1996. For each case delivered in breech presentation (n = 290), the two subsequent deliveries of non-malformed, singleton infants delivered in breech presentation at term at the same hospital were selected as controls (n = 580).
RESULTS: Breech presentation was a risk factor for epilepsy (OR: 1.2 [95% CI: 1.1, 1.3]). Breech infants with epilepsy were more often small for gestational age (9.7%) than breech infants without epilepsy (4.7%). Vaginal delivery was associated with low Apgar score, but mode of delivery and low Apgar score were not related to epilepsy.
CONCLUSION: The increased risk of epilepsy in term breech infants is not related to intrapartum events, but to growth restriction in pregnancy.
| Original language | English |
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| Journal | European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology |
| Volume | 127 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 26-8 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISSN | 0301-2115 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2006 |
- Birth Weight, Breech Presentation, Case-Control Studies, Child, Preschool, Denmark, Epilepsy, Female, Fetal Growth Retardation, Humans, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Small for Gestational Age, Multivariate Analysis, Odds Ratio, Pregnancy, Prevalence, Risk Factors, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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