Gordon C S Smith1, Kate M Fleming, Ian R White. 1. Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Cambridge University, Box 223, The Rosie Hospital, Cambridge CB2 2QQ. gcss2@cam.ac.uk
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of birth order on the risk of perinatal death in twin pregnancies. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: England, Northern Ireland, and Wales, 1994-2003. PARTICIPANTS: 1377 twin pregnancies with one intrapartum stillbirth or neonatal death from causes other than congenital abnormality and one surviving infant. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The risk of perinatal death in the first and second twin estimated with conditional logistic regression. RESULTS: There was no association between birth order and the risk of death overall (odds ratio 1.0, 95% confidence interval 0.9 to 1.1). However, there was a highly significant interaction with gestational age (P<0.001). There was no association between birth order and the risk of death among infants born before 36 weeks' gestation but there was an increased risk of death among second twins born at term (2.3, 1.7 to 3.2, P<0.001), which was stronger for deaths caused by intrapartum anoxia or trauma (3.4, 2.2 to 5.3). Among term births, there was a trend (P=0.1) towards a greater risk of the second twin dying from anoxia among those delivered vaginally (4.1, 1.8 to 9.5) compared with those delivered by caesarean section (1.8, 0.9 to 3.6). CONCLUSIONS: In this cohort, compared with first twins, second twins born at term were at increased risk of perinatal death related to delivery. Vaginally delivered second twins had a fourfold risk of death caused by intrapartum anoxia.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of birth order on the risk of perinatal death in twin pregnancies. DESIGN: Retrospective cohort study. SETTING: England, Northern Ireland, and Wales, 1994-2003. PARTICIPANTS: 1377 twin pregnancies with one intrapartum stillbirth or neonatal death from causes other than congenital abnormality and one surviving infant. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The risk of perinatal death in the first and second twin estimated with conditional logistic regression. RESULTS: There was no association between birth order and the risk of death overall (odds ratio 1.0, 95% confidence interval 0.9 to 1.1). However, there was a highly significant interaction with gestational age (P<0.001). There was no association between birth order and the risk of death among infants born before 36 weeks' gestation but there was an increased risk of death among second twins born at term (2.3, 1.7 to 3.2, P<0.001), which was stronger for deaths caused by intrapartum anoxia or trauma (3.4, 2.2 to 5.3). Among term births, there was a trend (P=0.1) towards a greater risk of the second twin dying from anoxia among those delivered vaginally (4.1, 1.8 to 9.5) compared with those delivered by caesarean section (1.8, 0.9 to 3.6). CONCLUSIONS: In this cohort, compared with first twins, second twins born at term were at increased risk of perinatal death related to delivery. Vaginally delivered second twins had a fourfold risk of death caused by intrapartum anoxia.
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