Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Adverse Perinatal Outcomes at Term.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aimed to evaluate whether racial and ethnic disparities in adverse perinatal outcomes exist at term.

Study design

We performed a secondary analysis of a multicenter observational study of 115,502 pregnant patients and their neonates (2008-2011). Singleton, nonanomalous pregnancies delivered from 37 to 41 weeks were included. Race and ethnicity were abstracted from the medical record and categorized as non-Hispanic White (White; referent), non-Hispanic Black (Black), non-Hispanic Asian (Asian), or Hispanic. The primary outcome was an adverse perinatal composite defined as perinatal death, Apgar score < 4 at 5 minutes, ventilator support, hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy, subgaleal hemorrhage, skeletal fracture, infant stay greater than maternal stay (by ≥

SUBMITTER: Parchem JG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8630098 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature