Azcoaga-Lorenzo, AmayaFagbamigbe, AdeniyiAgrawal, UtkarshBlack, MaireadUsman, MuhammadLee, Siang IngEastwood, Kelly AnnMoss, NgawaiPlachcinski, RachelNelson-Piercy, CatherineBrophy, SineadO´Reilly, DermotNirantharakumar, KrishnarajahMcCowan, ColinMuM-PreDiCT Group2023-10-102023-10-102023-09-12Azcoaga-Lorenzo, A, Fagbamigbe, A, Agrawal, U, Black, M, Usman, M, Lee, S I, Eastwood, K A, Moss, N, Plachcinski, R, Nelson-Piercy, C, Brophy, S, O´Reilly, D, Nirantharakumar, K, McCowan, C & MuM-PreDiCT Group 2023, 'Maternal Multimorbidity and preterm birth in Scotland : An Observational Record-Linkage Study ', BMC medicine , vol. 21, 352. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12916-023-03058-41741-7015ORCID: /0000-0001-9184-8258/work/144556472https://hdl.handle.net/2164/21889Acknowledgements We acknowledge the support of the Health Informatics Centre, University of Dundee for managing and supplying the anonymised data and NHS Tayside and Fife for the original data source. Funding This work was funded by Northwood Charitable Trust and by the Strategic Priority Fund “Tackling multimorbidity at scale” programme (grant number MR/W014432/1) delivered by the Medical Research Council and the National Institute for Health Research in partnership with the Economic and Social Research Council and in collaboration with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. The views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of the funders, the NIHR, or the UK Department of Health and Social Care. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or manuscript preparation.953468engSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingMultimorbiditypregnancyPremature birthElectronic health recordsGeneralised Estimating EquationR MedicineMedical Research Council (MRC)MR/W014432/1National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)MR/W014432/1Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)Supplementary InformationGithubRJournal article10.1186/s12916-023-03058-421