TY - JOUR
T1 - Very low birthweight in African American infants
T2 - The role of maternal exposure to interpersonal racial discrimination
AU - Collins, James W.
AU - David, Richard J.
AU - Handler, Arden
AU - Wall, Stephen
AU - Andes, Steven
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2004/12
Y1 - 2004/12
N2 - Objectives. We determined whether African American women's lifetime exposure to interpersonal racial discrimination is associated with pregnancy outcomes. Methods. We performed a case-control study among 104 African American women who delivered very low birthweight (< 1500 g) preterm (< 37 weeks) infants and 208 African American women who delivered non-low-birthweight (> 2500g) term infants in Chicago, III. Results. The unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio of very low birthweight infants for maternal lifetime exposure to interpersonal racism in 3 or more domains equaled 3.2 (95% confidence intervals = 1.5, 6.6) and 2.6 (1.2, 5.3), respectively. This association tended to persist across maternal sociodemographic, biomedical, and behavioral characteristics. Conclusions. The lifelong accumulated experiences of racial discrimination by African American women constitute an independent risk factor for preterm delivery.
AB - Objectives. We determined whether African American women's lifetime exposure to interpersonal racial discrimination is associated with pregnancy outcomes. Methods. We performed a case-control study among 104 African American women who delivered very low birthweight (< 1500 g) preterm (< 37 weeks) infants and 208 African American women who delivered non-low-birthweight (> 2500g) term infants in Chicago, III. Results. The unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio of very low birthweight infants for maternal lifetime exposure to interpersonal racism in 3 or more domains equaled 3.2 (95% confidence intervals = 1.5, 6.6) and 2.6 (1.2, 5.3), respectively. This association tended to persist across maternal sociodemographic, biomedical, and behavioral characteristics. Conclusions. The lifelong accumulated experiences of racial discrimination by African American women constitute an independent risk factor for preterm delivery.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.94.12.2132
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.94.12.2132
M3 - Article
C2 - 15569965
AN - SCOPUS:9644265486
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 94
SP - 2132
EP - 2138
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 12
ER -