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  • Title: The effect of race on the incidence of low birth weight: persistence of effect after controlling for socioeconomic, educational, marital, and risk status.
    Author: Miller HC, Jekel JF.
    Journal: Yale J Biol Med; 1987; 60(3):221-32. PubMed ID: 3604288.
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to determine whether the elevated risk for low birth weight (LBW) infants among black mothers would persist when biologic, behavioral, and socioeconomic factors (as measured by socioeconomic status, level of education, and marital status) were controlled. It was found that the odds ratios for the risk of LBW for blacks/whites persisted above 1.5, regardless of what subgroups were used and what factors were controlled. The black/white odds ratios were, however, less than 2.0 when cigarette smoking was not a risk factor and higher than 2.0 when it was. In fact, the highest odds ratios, up to 2.65, occurred among the smoking group. These data suggest that smoking may have a more strongly negative effect among black than white pregnant mothers. In general, the effect of race on the LBW risk was much less strong than that of risk factors that can be influenced, such as adverse maternal practices.
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