RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH PRETERM PREMATURE RUPTURE OF MEMBRANES

Preterm premature rupture of membranes is an important obstetric problem that has a profound impact on birth, neonatal mortality and morbidity and therefore requires urgent intervention. In this study, 100 cases and 100 control subjects who applied to a tertiary university hospital were included. Possible risk factors included gravidity, age, smoking, body mass index, time since the previous pregnancy, birth history, socioeconomic status, education level, caffeine consumption, urinary tract infection, and a history of previous abortion.The case and control groups were statistically compared based on risk factors. Based on the results there was a statistically significant difference between the case and control groups with respect toliteracy, obesity, urinary tract infections, history of abortion, multiparity, previous birth was before two years, and history of premature birth(p=0.033, p