Medical, psychosocial, and behavioral risk factors do not explain the increased risk for low birth weight among black women

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
R L GoldenbergM J Johnson

Abstract

Our purpose was to determine whether various demographic, behavioral, housing, psychosocial, or medical characteristics explain the difference in pregnancy outcome between black and white women. A sample of 1491 multiparous women with singleton pregnancies, 69% of whom were black and 31% of whom were white and who enrolled for care between Oct. 1, 1985, and March 30, 1988, participated in the study. The frequencies of various demographic, medical environmental, and psychosocial risk factors among black and white women were determined. The outcome measures were birth weight, gestational age, fetal growth restriction, preterm delivery and low birth weight. White infants were heavier and born later than black infants. The white women in this sample smoked more cigarettes, moved more frequently, and had worse psychosocial scores. The black women had lower incomes, were less likely to be married, and had more hypertension, anemia, and diabetes. Besides race, only maternal height, weight, blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking had a consistent impact on outcome and did not explain the difference in outcome between the two groups. In this low-income population, many of the risk factors for low birth weight were more common among white ...Continue Reading

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