Effect of access to antenatal care on risk of preterm birth among migrant women in Italy: A population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the association between maternal migration status and preterm birth, and whether a better adherence to antenatal care during pregnancy mitigates the risk of preterm birth.

Design

Population-based cohort.

Setting

Administrative databases of the Lombardy region, Italy.

Population

First singleton births of women aged 15-55 years at 22-42 gestational weeks, between 2016 and 2021.

Methods

Assessed the risk of preterm birth (<37 weeks).

Main outcome measures

A multivariable logistic regression mediation model calculated the mediation effect of adherence to antenatal care in the association between maternal migrant status and preterm birth and the residual effect not mediated by it. Analyses were adjusted for the socio-demographic a

SUBMITTER: Cantarutti A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11407938 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature