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1 to 3 of 3 Research Studies DisplayedGlazer KB, Danilack VA, Werner EF
Elucidating the role of overweight and obesity in racial and ethnic disparities in cesarean delivery risk.
This study’s goal was to quantify the extent to which overweight and obesity explain cesarean delivery rates among women of different racial and ethnic backgrounds. Administrative records were used from New York City for 216,481 singleton, nulliparous births from 2008 to 2013. Risk ratios, risk differences, and population attributable fractions for associations between body mass index and cesarean, stratified by race and ethnicity was calculated. Black and Hispanic women had the highest cesarean rates attributable to obesity and overweight (17.4% and 14.6%) respectively.
AHRQ-funded; HS025013.
Citation: Glazer KB, Danilack VA, Werner EF .
Elucidating the role of overweight and obesity in racial and ethnic disparities in cesarean delivery risk.
Ann Epidemiol 2020 Feb;42:4-11.e4. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.12.012.
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Keywords: Disparities, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Pregnancy, Labor and Delivery, Risk, Obesity, Women
Huesch M, Doctor JN
Factors associated with increased cesarean risk among African American women: evidence from California, 2010.
The researchers studied the association of maternal health in African American women in hospitals or communities with the rates of cesarean delivery of infants. They found that cesarean rates were significantly higher overall for African American women than other women (unadjusted rate 36.8 percent vs 32.7 percent), as were both elective and emergency primary cesarean rates.
AHRQ-funded; HS021868.
Citation: Huesch M, Doctor JN .
Factors associated with increased cesarean risk among African American women: evidence from California, 2010.
Am J Public Health 2015 May;105(5):956-62. doi: 10.2105/ajph.2014.302381..
Keywords: Labor and Delivery, Maternal Care, Racial and Ethnic Minorities
Sentell T, Chang A, Cheng Y
Maternal quality and safety outcomes for Asians and Pacific Islanders in Hawaii: an observational study from five years of statewide data.
The authors investigated maternal quality and safety outcomes across heterogeneous Asian and Pacific Islanders subgroups in the United States. They found significant variation for Asian and Pacific Islander subgroups across maternal quality and safety outcomes.
AHRQ-funded; HS019990; HS021903.
Citation: Sentell T, Chang A, Cheng Y .
Maternal quality and safety outcomes for Asians and Pacific Islanders in Hawaii: an observational study from five years of statewide data.
BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 2014 Aug 30;14:298. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-14-298.
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Keywords: Disparities, Labor and Delivery, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research, Quality Indicators (QIs), Racial and Ethnic Minorities