Pre-pregnancy cardiovascular risk factors and racial disparities in birth outcomes: the Bogalusa Heart Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Racial disparities in birth outcomes are mirrored in cardiovascular health. Recently there have been calls for more attention to preconception and interconceptional health in order to improve birth outcomes, including as a strategy to reduce black-white disparities.

Methods

As part of a larger study of cardiovascular and reproductive health ("Bogalusa Babies"), female participants were linked to their children's birth certificates for Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas births from 1982 to 2009. Three thousand and ninety-five women were linked to birth certificate data. Birth outcomes were defined as low birthweight (LBW) birthweight < 2500 g; preterm birth (PTB), > 3 weeks early; small for gestational age (SGA), <10th percentile for gestational age (percentiles bas

SUBMITTER: Harville EW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6102890 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature