Association of maternal migrant background with inflammation during pregnancy - Results of a birth cohort study in Germany.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health disparities in children of immigrants are prevalent from birth and are hypothesized to - in part - emerge as a biological consequence of migration's unfavorable social and psychological sequelae. The aim of this study was to examine whether maternal migrant background is associated with inflammation during pregnancy - a key pathway by which maternal states and conditions during pregnancy may influence fetal development and subsequent pregnancy, birth, and child developmental and health outcomes.

Material and methods

Data was available from 126 pregnant women who participated in a population based multi-site prospective birth cohort study in Bielefeld and Berlin, Germany. The study included two study visits in mid- and late pregnancy. At each visit, a compos

SUBMITTER: Spallek J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8316562 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature