Racial disparities in cervical length for prediction of preterm birth in a low risk population.
Publication/Presentation Date
8-1-2017
Abstract
PURPOSE: Racial minorities experience higher rates of spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB). Our objective was to evaluate whether there are racial discrepancies in the incidence of second trimester short cervical length (≤25 mm).
MATERIALS AND METHODS: Retrospective cohort of women with singleton gestations without prior sPTB undergoing universal second trimester transvaginal ultrasound cervical length (CL) screening between January 2012 and December 2013. Black women were compared to non-Hispanic white women. Our primary outcome was the incidence of CL ≤25 mm. Secondary outcomes were incidence of PTB ≤37 weeks, delivery mode, birth weight and neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission.
RESULTS: Black women (n = 1092) differed from non-Hispanic white women (n = 659) with respect to maternal age (26.0 versus 30.7 years), gravidity (3.1 versus 2.1), prepregnancy BMI (29.6 versus 25.0 kg/m
CONCLUSIONS: Black women had a 2.8-fold increased risk of CL ≤25 mm compared non-Hispanic white women in a low-risk population.
Volume
30
Issue
15
First Page
1851
Last Page
1854
ISSN
1476-4954
Published In/Presented At
Buck, J. N., Orzechowski, K. M., & Berghella, V. (2017). Racial disparities in cervical length for prediction of preterm birth in a low risk population. The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians, 30(15), 1851–1854. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767058.2016.1228056
Disciplines
Business Administration, Management, and Operations | Health and Medical Administration | Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
PubMedID
27550735
Department(s)
Administration and Leadership
Document Type
Article