ArticleAnnals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine2020
Maternal Age Patterns of Preterm Birth: Exploring the Moderating Roles of Chronic Stress and Race/Ethnicity.
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- Black-white differences in chronic stress exposures to predict preterm birth: interpretable, race/ethnicity-specific machine learning model.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review of Preterm Birth Risk Factors.American journal of perinatology · 2024Article
- The Association of Racism and Discrimination in Disparities of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy in the United States: An Analysis of PRAMS Data.Maternal and child health journal · 2024Article
- Discrimination exposure impacts unhealthy processing of food cues: crosstalk between the brain and gut.Nature. Mental health · 2023Article
- Multiomic signals associated with maternal epidemiological factors contributing to preterm birth in low- and middle-income countries.Science advances · 2023Article
- Racial Inequities in Birth Weight by Maternal Age Among College-Educated Mothers: The Role of Early Disadvantage.American journal of preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Life stressors, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy, and preterm birth.Journal of psychosomatic obstetrics and gynaecology · 2022Article
- Lifetime stressor exposure, systemic inflammation during pregnancy, and preterm birth among Black American women.Brain, behavior, and immunity · 2022Article
- State-Level Regulations Regarding the Protection of Sexual Minorities and Birth Outcomes: Results From a Population-Based Cohort Study.Psychosomatic medicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the suggested contribution of cumulative chronic stress to the racial/ethnic disparities in preterm birth (PTB), it is unclear how chronic stress, maternal age, and race/ethnicity are linked underlying PTB. PURPOSE: We investigated the moderating effect of chronic stress on the maternal age-PTB association among non-Hispanic (N-H) White, N-H Black, Hispanic, and Asian women.
methodsWe analyzed the Washington State's Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System data linked with birth certificates. The sample included women aged 18 years or older who birthed the first, singleton baby without birth defects. Chronic stress was measured by race/ethnicity-specific chronic stress indices. A maternal age-chronic stress interaction was modeled to predict PTB by logistic regression stratified by race/ethnicity. In subanalysis, the moderating role of racism was investigated in the maternal age-chronic stress interaction among three minority groups combined.
resultsWomen's maternal age trajectory of PTB varied by their race/ethnicity and chronic stress level. N-H White and N-H Black women showed a steeper maternal age-related increase in PTB (weathering) under higher chronic stress, indicating a chronic stress' cumulative effect with maternal age. Besides, the extent of weathering was amplified by racism on top of chronic stress, particularly among N-H Black women.
conclusionsThese results show that both chronic stress and racism may develop accelerated PTB risk among minority women. Future research should use more objective and accurate chronic stress measures to ascertain the complex relationships among chronic stress, racial discrimination, and maternal age underlying the racial/ethnic differentials in PTB.
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