Association of participation in a supplemental nutrition program with stillbirth by race, ethnicity, and maternal characteristics.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) has been associated with lower risk of stillbirth. We hypothesized that such an association would differ by race/ethnicity because of factors associated with WIC participation that confound the association.

Methods

We conducted a secondary analysis of the Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network's population-based case-control study of stillbirths and live-born controls, enrolled at delivery between March 2006 and September 2008. Weighting accounted for study design and differential consent. Five nested models using multivariable logistic regression examined whether the WIC participation/stillbirth associations were attenuated after sequential adjustment for sociodem

SUBMITTER: Angley M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6056947 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature