Chicago Neighborhood Context and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Maternal Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine if rates of maternal diabetes vary by race, ethnicity, and neighborhood hardship.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of live births in Chicago from 2010 to 2017. Our sample was restricted to Non-Hispanic White, Non-Hispanic Black, Mexican, Non-Hispanic Asian, and Other Hispanic mothers between the ages of 15 and 50, with singleton births. The addresses of mothers were geocoded to specific neighborhoods, which we stratified into tertiles using the Economic Hardship Index. We used generalized logit mixed models to examine the interaction between race/ethnicity, neighborhood economic hardship, and maternal diabetes.

Results

In our cohort of 299,053 mothers, 4.75% were diagnosed with gestational diabetes. Asian mothers had the highest freque

SUBMITTER: Lucas A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11229170 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature