Daily baby aspirin may help first-time mothers lower their chances of delivering too soon, a new study finds.
. One of its potential consequences is preterm birth, and studies on aspirin and preeclampsia had suggested the drug might help prevent those early deliveries.
That led to the latest trial, which recruited nearly 12,000 women in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, India, Kenya, Pakistan and Zambia. All were first-time mothers-to-be; half were randomly assigned to take a daily low-dose aspirin, while half received placebo pills. The women started on aspirin or placebo as early as the sixth week of pregnancy and continued through the 36th week or until delivery.In the end, women using aspirin were less likely to give birth prematurely : 11.6% did, versus 13.1% of women in the placebo group. Their rate of early preterm birth was cut, too -- with 3.3% delivering that early, versus 4% of placebo users.
The findings are strong enough to support routine use of low-dose aspirin in low- to mid-income countries, said study co-author Dr. Marion Koso-Thomas. Like Gupta, she pointed to the pros of aspirin's low cost and simplicity. It's also safe, said Koso-Thomas, who is with the Pregnancy and Perinatology Branch at the U.S. National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.And when preterm births are prevented, Koso-Thomas said, the consequences of it -- including
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