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The aim of our study was to investigate whether maternal Pb exposure was associated with PROM and preterm PROM.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Design<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Cross-sectional cohort study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Study population<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The present study involved 7290 pregnant women from the Healthy Baby Cohort in Wuhan, China, during 2012\u20132014.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>PROM was defined as spontaneous rupture of amniotic membranes before the onset of labour and was determined with a pH \u22656.5 for vaginal fluid. Maternal urinary Pb level was adjusted by creatinine concentration, and its relationship with PROM was analysed by logistic regression.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The IQR of maternal urinary Pb concentrations of the study population was 2.30\u20135.64\u2009\u00b5g\/g creatinine with a median of 3.44\u2009\u00b5g\/g creatinine. Increased risk of PROM was significantly associated with elevated levels of Pb in maternal urine (adjusted OR 1.23, 95% CI 1.0 to 1.47 for the medium tertile; adjusted OR 1.51, 95%\u2009CI 1.27 to 1.80 for the highest tertile). The risk of preterm PROM associated with Pb levels was significantly higher when compared with the lowest tertile (adjusted OR 1.24, 95%\u2009CI 0.80 to 1.92 for the medium tertile; adjusted OR 1.73, 95%\u2009CI 1.15 to 2.60 for the highest tertile). 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