| Paternal race/ethnicity and birth outcomes. | |
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PMID: 18445802 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVES: I sought to identify whether there were associations between paternal race/ethnicity and birth outcomes among infants with parents of same- and mixed-races/ethnicities. METHODS: Using the National Center for Health Statistics 2001 linked birth and infant death file, I compared birth outcomes of infants of White mothers and fathers of different races/ethnicities by matching and weighting racial/ethnic groups following a propensity scoring approach so other characteristics were distributed identically. I applied the same analysis to infants of Black parents and infants with a Black mother and White father. RESULTS: Variation in risk factors and outcomes was found in infants of White mothers by paternal race/ethnicity. After propensity score weighting, the disparities in outcomes by paternal or parental race/ethnicity could be largely attributed to nonracial parental characteristics. Infants whose paternal race/ethnicity was unreported on their birth certificates had the worst outcomes. CONCLUSIONS: The use of maternal race/ethnicity to refer to infant race/ethnicity in research is problematic. The effects of maternal race/ethnicity on birth outcomes are estimated to be much larger than that of paternal race/ethnicity after I controlled for all covariates. Not listing a father on the birth certificate had a strong association with outcomes, which might be a source of bias in existing data and a marker for identifying infants at risk. |
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Authors:
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Sai Ma |
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2008-04-29 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: American journal of public health Volume: 98 ISSN: 1541-0048 ISO Abbreviation: Am J Public Health Publication Date: 2008 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2008-11-13 Completed Date: 2008-12-02 Revised Date: 2011-03-01 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 1254074 Medline TA: Am J Public Health Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 2285-92 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Pardee Rand Graduate School, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. sma@jhsph.edu |
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Adult African Americans / education, ethnology*, statistics & numerical data Analysis of Variance Apgar Score Birth Certificates Birth Weight Cohort Studies Death Certificates Educational Status European Continental Ancestry Group / education, ethnology*, statistics & numerical data Fathers / education, statistics & numerical data* Female Health Status Disparities Humans Infant Mortality / ethnology Infant, Newborn Male Marriage / ethnology Pregnancy Pregnancy Outcome / ethnology* Regression Analysis Risk Factors Socioeconomic Factors United States / epidemiology |
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