Chronic Morbidity in Women, Namely in Pregnancy. Comparative Study between West, Central and East European Centres
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| Year of publication | 2008 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Likarska sprava - Vračebnoe delo |
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| Field | Epidemiology, infectious diseases and clinical immunology |
| Keywords | Chronic diseases; female morbidity; pregnancy; geographic differences; geographic gradients; epidemiologic study |
| Description | 18 chronic diseases were investigated in a population of 13115 women living in six settings of West- (Avon UK, the Isle of Man), Central- (the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic) and East- Europe (the Ukraine and Russia), that collaborate in the European Longitudinal Study of Pregnancy and Childhood (ELSPAC project). Lifetime prevalence of chronic diseases and their prevalence in pregnancy were the highest in the western zone and decreased eastwards, but recurrence grew in the opposite direction, being the highest in the eastern zone. The variation of each morbidity indicator is followed in all diseases between geographical zones as well as between individual study centres. |
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