ArticleMaternal and child health journal2017
Transgenerational Transmission of Preterm Birth Risk: The Role of Race and Generational Socio-Economic Neighborhood Context.
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- The influence of maternal life course exposure to neighborhood affluence and disadvantage on Black/White disparities in adverse birth outcomes in South Carolina.American journal of epidemiology · 2025Article
- Black/White disparities in low birth weight across maternal trajectories of social mobility in South Carolina.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Article
- Intergenerational Occurrence of Premature Birth and Reproductive Health in Prematurely-Born Women in the Women's Health Initiative.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Observational
- The role of family history of preterm delivery in the individual risk of spontaneous preterm delivery: a case-control study.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Article
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- Association of Mercury Exposure and Maternal Sociodemographics on Birth Outcomes of Indigenous and Tribal Women in Suriname.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Educational Attainment of Grandmothers and Preterm Birth in Grandchildren.Maternal and child health journal · 2021Article
- 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
- The Impact of Early-Life Exposures on Women's Reproductive Health in Adulthood.Current epidemiology reports · 2021Review
- Disproportionate Preterm Delivery Among Black Women: a State-Level Analysis.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2020Article
- Transgenerational propensities for infant birth weight reflect fetal growth history of the mother in rhesus monkeys.Trends in developmental biology · 2019Article
- The South Carolina Multigenerational Linked Birth Dataset: Developing Social Mobility Measures Across Generations to Understand Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Adverse Birth Outcomes in the US South.Maternal and child health journal · 2019Article
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Abstract
Objectives We investigated associations of mothers' preterm birth (PTB) status with her infants' PTB risk. We also examined whether this relationship differs by mothers' race and generational socio-economic neighborhood context. Methods Participants were 6592 non-Hispanic (NH) white and NH black mother-infant pairs born in 2009-2011 and 1979-1998, respectively, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Birth records were used to determine gestational age at birth, PTB status (<37 completed weeks of gestation), and PTB subgroups-late and early PTB (34-36 weeks and <34 completed weeks of gestation, respectively). Census data on tract racial composition and household income were used to characterize residential race and economic environment. Logistic regression models were used to calculate Odds Ratios (ORs), Relative Risk Ratios (RRR), and 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Stratified analyses were conducted to assess effect modification. Results Overall, 8.21, 6.63 and 1.58% infants had PTB, LPTB, and EPTB, respectively. Maternal PTB status was associated with a 46% increase in infant PTB (95% CI: 1.08-1.98), EPTB (95% CI: 0.80-2.69), and LPTB (95% CI: 1.04-2.04) risk. Maternal PTB-infant PTB associations, particularly maternal PTB-infant LPTB associations, were stronger among NH blacks, mothers in neighborhoods with a high percentage of NH black residents in both generations, or mothers who moved to neighborhoods with a higher percentage of NH black residents. Conclusions for Practice Race and generational socio-economic neighborhood context modify transgenerational transmission of PTB risk. These findings are important for identification of at-risk populations and to inform future mechanistic studies.
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