Paternal race/ethnicity and risk of adverse birth outcomes in the United States, 1989-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Investigate adverse birth outcomes in the United States (US) from 1989-2013 in relation to paternal and maternal race/ethnicity.

Design

We used US natality data for singleton births to women 15-44 with information on birthweight, gestational age, and covariates (n = 90,771,339). We calculated unadjusted and adjusted probabilities of preterm birth (PTB, < 37 weeks gestation) and small for gestational age (SGA, < 10^th percentile) among all combinations of maternal and paternal race/ethnicity: non-Hispanic black (NHB), non-Hispanic white (NHW), Hispanic, and Asian, and where paternal race/ethnicity was missing.

Results

Missing, followed by NHB, paternal race/ethnicity had the two highest risks of PTB within each maternal racial/ethnic group. Asian,

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6141552 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature