Epidemiology. 2000 May;11(3):337-9.

Low-income African-American mothers' perception of exposure to racial discrimination and infant birth weight.

Collins JW Jr, David RJ, Symons R, Handler A, Wall SN, Dwyer L.

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Division of Neonatology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Cook County Hospital, Chicago, IL, USA.

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We performed a hospital-based case-control study of African-American mothers to explore the relation between a mother's perception of exposure to racial discrimination during pregnancy and very low birth weight. We administered a structured questionnaire to low-income mothers of very low birth weight (<1500 gm; N = 25) and non-low birth weight (>2500 gm; N = 60) infants. The unadjusted and adjusted odds ratio of very low birth weight for maternal exposure to racial discrimination were 1.9 (0.5-6.6) and 3.2 (0.9-11.3), respectively. We conclude that maternal perception of exposure to racial discrimination during pregnancy may be associated with very low birth weight in their infants.

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