Are socioeconomic inequalities in the incidence of small-for-gestational-age birth narrowing? Findings from a population-based cohort in the South of England.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate socioeconomic inequalities, using maternal educational attainment, maternal and partner employment status, and lone motherhood indicators, in the risk of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) births, their time trend, potential mediation by maternal smoking and body mass index, and effect modification by parity.

Design

Population-based birth cohort using routine antenatal healthcare data.

Setting

Babies born at University Hospital Southampton, UK, between 2004 and 2016.

Participants

65 909 singleton live births born to mothers aged ≥18 years between 24-week and 42-week gestation.

Main outcome measures

SGA (birth weight <10th percentile for others born at the same number of completed weeks compared with 2013/2014 within England and Wal

SUBMITTER: Wilding S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6678068 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature