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SUBMITTER: McLemore MR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8079235 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 20201009 5
This project examines risk and protective factors for preterm birth (PTB) among Black women in Oakland, California. Women with singleton births in 2011-2017 (n = 6199) were included. Risk and protective factors for PTB and independent risk groups were identified using logistic regression and recursive partitioning. Having less than 3 prenatal care visits was associated with highest PTB risk. Hypertension (preexisting, gestational), previous PTB, and unknown Women, Infant, Children (WIC) program ...[more]