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PRECONCEPTIONAL HEALTH: RISKS OF ADVERSE
PREGNANCY OUTCOMES BY REPRODUCTIVE LIFE STAGE IN
THE CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA WOMEN’S
HEALTH STUDY (CePAWHS)
Carol S. Weisman, PhDa*, Marianne M. Hillemeier, PhDb, Gary A. Chase, PhDa,
Anne-Marie Dyer, MSa, Sara A. Baker, MSWa, Mark Feinberg, PhDb,
Danielle Symons Downs, PhDb, Roxanne L. Parrott, PhDc, Heather K. Cecil, PhDd,
John J. Botti, MDa, Colin MacNeill, MDa, Cynthia H. Chuang, MDa, and Berwood Yost, MAe
aPennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
bPennsylvania State University, College of Health and Human Development, University Park, Pennsylvania
cPennsylvania State University, College of Liberal Arts, University Park, Pennsylvania
dPennsylvania State University, Harrisburg, Middletown, Pennsylvania
eFloyd Institute’s Center for Opinion Research, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Received 7 July 2005; revised 10 January 2006; accepted 11 January, 2006
This study used population-based data to examine how health status and risks vary by
reproductive life stage, with particular focus on the proximal risks for preterm birth and low
birthweight (LBW) infants in preconceptional and interconceptional women. Data are from
the Central Pennsylvania Women’s Health Study (CePAWHS), which included a telephone
survey of a representative sample of 2,002 women ages 18-45 years residing in largely rural…