Effects on birthweights of maternal education, socio-economic status, and work-related characteristics
Effects on birthweights of maternal education, socio-economic status, and work-related characteristics
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10.1177/140349489602400109
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1996-03-01
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Cnattingius, S
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Nordstrom, ML;Cnattingius, S
使用三种不同的产妇社会经济指标：教育、社会经济状况和工作环境暴露特征，对瑞典乌普萨拉县登记产前护理的3451名婴儿的出生体重进行了分析。其他解释变量还有母亲的年龄、产次、身高、吸烟习惯和孕期长短。平均出生体重随着受教育时间的延长和社会经济地位的提高而增加。没有发现工作环境特征的一般模式。当吸烟习惯被控制后，出生体重的社会差异就会减少到不显著的程度。仅有一个社会经济指标的回归模型只能解释出生体重变化的一小部分，不到1%。如果将吸烟考虑在内，增加一个社会经济指标并不能显著改善该模型。实际上，所有出生体重的社会差异都与母亲年龄、产次、身高和吸烟习惯的差异有关。如果要将社会经济指标包括在出生体重分析中(出于其他原因，如国际比较)，我们建议进行教育。
Birthweights of 3,451 infants of women registered for antenatal care in Uppsala County, Sweden, were analyzed using three different maternal socio-economic indicators; education, socio-economic status and work environment exposure characteristics. Other explanatory variables were maternal age, parity, height, smoking habits, and length of gestation. Mean birthweights increase with longer education and higher socio-economic status. No general pattern was seen for work environment characteristics. When smoking habits are controlled for, social differences in birthweight decrease to non-significant values. A regression model with a socio-economic indicator alone explains only a minor part, less than 1%, of the variation in birthweight. When smoking is included, adding a socio-economic indicator does not significantly improve the model. Practically all social differences in birthweight are related to the differences in maternal age, parity, height, and smoking habits. If a socio-economic indicator is to be included in the analysis of birthweights (for other reasons like international comparisons), we recommend education.