Contribution of county-level socioeconomic indicators to racial or ethnic differences in neonatal anthropometry in the USA: a prospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Racial and ethnic differences in fetal growth and birth size in the USA have not been adequately explained by individual-level socioeconomic status (SES) factors. We explored whether differences may be partially explained by county-level indicators of SES.

Methods

We linked participant zip codes from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Fetal Growth Studies (2009-2013; n=1614) to county-level US census data to calculate a neighbourhood deprivation index, education isolation index and two indices of segregation: racial isolation and evenness. Using causal mediation methods, we evaluated the extent to which racial/ethnic differences in neonatal anthropometrics could be eliminated in a hypothetical setting where everyone lived in counties wi

SUBMITTER: Gleason JL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11816393 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature