Abstract |
As accepted as the condition of pelvic pain and pelvic joint instability (PPPJI) is in pregnancy, as controversial and doubted is the same diagnosis in non-pregnant women. Women suffering severe incapacitating PPPJI for years following parturition have recently founded an association. This offers a unique opportunity to investigate their characteristics. 153 of the 215 members answered a questionnaire. The majority (110) suffered PPPJI in first pregnancy with onset preceding 20 weeks gestation in 84 women. Onset was significantly earlier in users of oral contraceptives than in non-users (16.3 weeks and 20.5 weeks, respectively). The 153 women did not differ from the controls with regard to life-style, diseases prior to reproduction or reproduction. Their 358 deliveries were characterized by a marked excess of post-term deliveries, a raised proportion of infants of 4000 g or more, an extremely low sex-ratio of offspring (0.84) with 54.5% female births, and a significantly raised congenital hip dysplasia rate, consistent with elevated oestrogen and relaxin levels.
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Authors | L F Saugstad |
Journal | European journal of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive biology
(Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol)
Vol. 41
Issue 3
Pg. 197-201
(Oct 08 1991)
ISSN: 0301-2115 [Print] Ireland |
PMID | 1936503
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Birth Weight
- Female
- Hip Joint
- Humans
- Infant, Newborn
- Joint Instability
(etiology)
- Male
- Pain
(etiology)
- Parity
- Pelvis
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications
(etiology)
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