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1 to 2 of 2 Research Studies DisplayedLucchini M, Rayport Y, Valeri L
Racial/ethnic disparities in sleep-disordered breathing during pregnancy in the nuMoM2b study.
This study’s aim was to assess the prevalence and severity of sleep-disordered breathing (SDB) across racial/ethnic groups in 3702 pregnant people at 6 to 15 and 22 to 31 weeks gestational age; examine whether BMI modifies the association between race/ethnicity and SDB; and investigate whether interventions to reduce weight might reduce racial/ethnic disparities in SDB. The study cohort consisted of comprised 61.2% non-Hispanic White (nHW), 11.9% non-Hispanic Black (nHB), 18.5% Hispanic, and 3.7% Asian persons. SDB prevalence was higher for nHB compared with nHW pregnant people at 6 to 15 weeks, whereas at 21 to 32 weeks, Asian pregnant people had a higher SDB prevalence than nHW. The severity of SDB differed across racial/ethnic groups in early pregnancy, with nHB pregnant people having a higher apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) compared with nHW. Having overweight/obesity was associated with a higher AHI.
AHRQ-funded; HS024274.
Citation: Lucchini M, Rayport Y, Valeri L .
Racial/ethnic disparities in sleep-disordered breathing during pregnancy in the nuMoM2b study.
Obesity 2023 Apr;31(4):923-33. doi: 10.1002/oby.23697.
Keywords: Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Sleep Problems, Women, Maternal Care
Kadakia A, Joyner B, Tender J
Breastfeeding in African Americans may not depend on sleep arrangement: a mixed-methods study.
The researchers described the association between breastfeeding and bedsharing, elucidating barriers to breastfeeding in African Americans. They found that lower socioeconomic status mothers were more likely to breastfeed exclusively or at all if they bedshared; however, bedsharing was not associated with breastfeeding among higher socioeconomic status mothers. Breast pain, lack of support, and maternal skepticism about breastfeeding benefits were barriers.
AHRQ-funded; HS016892.
Citation: Kadakia A, Joyner B, Tender J .
Breastfeeding in African Americans may not depend on sleep arrangement: a mixed-methods study.
Clin Pediatr 2015 Jan;54(1):47-53. doi: 10.1177/0009922814547565.
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Keywords: Breast Feeding, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Sleep Problems, Social Determinants of Health, Women, Maternal Care