Maternal Obesity and Neonatal Death in Preterm US Pacific Islander Neonates Using 2 Analytic Approaches.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Owing to a high prevalence of obesity, Pacific Islander individuals in the US are at higher risk for preterm birth (PTB), but outcomes after PTB remain understudied. Existing literature suggests that associations between prepregnancy obesity and neonatal mortality stratified by gestational age (GA) are modest or null, which may be a result of overlooked stratification bias.

Objective

To estimate the association between prepregnancy body mass index (BMI) and neonatal death (NND) following PTB by different degrees of prematurity in US Pacific Islander neonates using birth-based and fetuses-at-risk (FAR) approaches.

Design, setting, and participants

This population-based cohort study used 2014 to 2018 data files from the National Center for Health Statistics f

SUBMITTER: Wu B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12381668 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature