Adverse infant and maternal outcomes among low-risk term pregnancies stratified by race and ethnicity
Obstetrics and Gynecology Apr 03, 2020
Parchem JG, et al. - Researchers investigated if there are racial and ethnic disparities in adverse infant and maternal outcomes among low-risk term pregnancies via conducting a population-based retrospective cohort study using US vital statistics data from 2014 to 2017. They assessed 9,205,873 women; of these, 55.5% were white, 13.7% were black, 24.3% were Hispanic, and 6.5% were Asian. Observed revealed variation in the risk for adverse outcomes by maternal race and ethnicity among low-risk term pregnancies. Highest risk for neonatal morbidity and infant mortality was noted for infants of black women, and the likelihood to experience maternal adverse outcomes was greatest among Asian mothers.
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