ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2006
Racial differences in prenatal care of mothers delivering very low birth weight infants.
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- Mortality trends in extremely premature neonates: insights from the CDC WONDER database from 1999 to 2023.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- The Black-White Disparity in Preterm Birth: Race or Racism?The Milbank quarterly · 2023Article
- Racial Disparities Among Predicted Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia Risk Outcomes in Premature Infants Born <30 Weeks Gestation.Health equity · 2023Article
- Afraid to Seek Care? A Fixed Effects Analysis of State Fetal Protection Legislation and Prenatal Healthcare Utilization from 2002 to 2015.SSM - population health · 2022Article
- Explaining the Black-White Disparity in Preterm Birth: A Consensus Statement From a Multi-Disciplinary Scientific Work Group Convened by the March of Dimes.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2021Review
- Prematurity and race account for much of the interstate variation in infant mortality rates in the United States.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2020Article
- Infant mortality in the United States.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2016Article
- Racial variation in timing of pyeloplasty: prenatal versus postnatal diagnosis.The Journal of urology · 2011Article
- Maternal and neonatal characteristics of extremely low birth weight infants who die in the first day of life.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2009Article
- Rising infant mortality in Delaware: an examination of racial differences in secular trends.Maternal and child health journal · 2007Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo determine whether there are any racial differences in the prenatal care of mothers delivering very low birth weight infants (VLBW). STUDY
designRetrospective cohort study of infants cared for at a single regional level III neonatal intensive care unit over a 9-year period, July 1993-June 2002, N = 1234. The main outcome variables investigated included antenatal administration of steroids, delivery by cesarean section, and use of tocolytic medications. Both univariate and multivariate analyses were performed.
resultsAfter controlling for potential confounding variables, white mothers delivering VLBWs had an increased odds of cesarean delivery (odds ratio 1.5, 95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.1-2.0), receiving antenatal steroids (1.3, CI 1.01-1.8), and tocolysis (1.4, CI 1.1-2.0) compared to black mothers. The models controlled for gestational age, multiple gestation, premature labor, clinical chorioamnionitis, maternal age, income, year of birth, and presentation.
conclusionsIn our population of VLBWs, white mothers are more likely to receive antenatal steroids, tocolytic medications, and deliver by cesarean section when compared to black mothers. From our data we cannot determine the reasons behind these racial differences in care of mothers delivering VLBWs.
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