Studies on the risks of adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) have been published little. The objective is to analysis some risks of APOs including spontaneous abortions (SAs), stillbirths (SBs) and birth defects (BDs) in Phu Cat district, Binh Dinh province. Cross-sectional analytic study that consists of 6,600 women from 15 - 49 years old who had been pregnant is conducted in Phu Cat district at the time of 1/2012. Data analysis is based on multivariable logistic regression model. The research shown that parity or = 3 is at higher risk of all three types of APOs (p 0.001). SA - related factors are women's age or = 35 (aOR = 3.66
p 0.01)
living in the mountainous areas (aOR or = 35
1st pregnancies of mother whose husbands had had smoking habit of or = 6 years (p 0.05). BD - related factors are genetic diseases of husband (aOR