Low birthweight among US Hispanic/Latino subgroups: The effect of maternal foreign-born status and education
Low birthweight among US Hispanic/Latino subgroups: The effect of maternal foreign-born status and education
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.06.033
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发表时间：
2007-12-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Berkman, Lisa F.
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作者：
Acevedo-Garcia, Dolores;Soobader, Mah-J.;Berkman, Lisa F.
我们调查了在美国的西班牙裔/拉丁裔亚群（即墨西哥人、波多黎各人、古巴人和中/南美洲人）中，母亲的外国出生身份是否对低出生体重（LBW）具有保护作用，以及母亲教育与LBW之间的关系是否因西班牙裔/拉丁裔亚群和外国出生身份而异。我们对2002年美国出生详细资料（n = 634,797）进行了逻辑回归分析。总的来说，在国外出生的拉丁裔妇女比在美国出生的拉丁裔妇女生下低体重婴儿的可能性要小。在高中以下学历的拉丁裔女性中，外国出生身份的保护作用更强。在外国出生的拉丁裔妇女中，母亲受教育程度的梯度明显比在美国出生的拉丁裔妇女更平坦
We investigated whether maternal foreign-born status confers a protective effect against low birthweight (LBW) across US Hispanic/Latino subgroups (i.e., Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and Central/South Americans) in the USA, and whether the association between maternal education and LBW varies by Hispanic/Latino subgroup and by foreign-born status. We conducted logistic regression analyses of the 2002 US Natality Detail Data (n = 634,797). Overall, foreign-born Latino women are less likely to have LBW infants than US-born Latino women. The protective effect of foreign-born status is stronger among Latino women with less than high school education. The maternal education gradient is significantly flatter among foreign-born Latino women than among their US-born counterparts (p