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Exposure time was measured from the most recent induced abortion (index abortion) until the ectopic pregnancy, closure date, or the subject's 40th birthday. Statistical analyses were done in SAS applying survival analyses and poisson regression.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:italic>Results.<\/jats:italic> During the follow\u2010up period of 164,167 women\u2010months, we observed 24 ectopic pregnancies in 3,754 women. The adjusted incidence density ratio (alDR) for women who had had two or more induced abortions was 1.2 (95% CI: 0.5\u20103.1) in comparison with the reference group of women who had had one induced abortion. 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