Infertility and spontaneous abortion  - Spontaneous abortion, habitual abortion

Probability of spontaneous abortion with a given history

Type of study

Number of previous abortions

0

1

2

3

Retrospective studies
Warburton and Fraser (1964)
Stevenson et al. (1959)
Leridon (1976)
Naylor and Warburton (1978)


12.3

15.2
11.0


26.2
16.8
22.0
20.3


32.2
19.2
35.3
29.2


30.2
26.2

37.0

Cohort studies
Shapiro et al. (1970)
Awan (1974)
Prospective studies
Boué et al. (1975)
Lauritsen (1976)
Harger et al. (1983)
Fitzimmons et al. (1983)


10.9
10.4



18.0
22.1


13.8
13.2



27.4


17.4
31.3





24.9
32.5
29.2
45.7


 
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