Social disadvantage and the black-white disparity in spontaneous preterm delivery among California births

Suzan L Carmichael, Peiyi Kan, Amy M Padula, David H Rehkopf, John W Oehlert, Jonathan A Mayo, Ann M Weber, Paul H Wise, Gary M Shaw and David K Stevenson

PLOS ONE, 2017, vol. 12, issue 8, 1-12

Abstract: We examined the contribution of social disadvantage to the black-white disparity in preterm birth. Analyses included linked vital and hospital discharge records from 127,358 black and 615,721 white singleton California births from 2007–11. Odds ratios (OR) were estimated by 4 logistic regression models for 2 outcomes: early (

Date: 2017
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