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COMPARATIVE STUDY
JOURNAL ARTICLE
The "Latina epidemiologic paradox": contrasting patterns of adverse birth outcomes in U.S.-born and foreign-born Latinas.
Women's Health Issues : Official Publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2012 September
BACKGROUND: The "Latina epidemiologic paradox" postulates that despite socioeconomic disadvantages, Latina mothers have a lower risk for delivering low birth weight (LBW) babies than non-Latina Whites. However, these patterns may be changing over time and may differ depending on the mother's birthplace and legal status in the United States. This study investigates differences in risk for three birth outcomes among Whites, U.S.-born Latinas, and foreign-born Latinas.
METHODS: We undertook a cross-sectional study of rates of LBW, preterm, and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) births among 196,617 women delivering live, singleton births in Utah from 2004 to 2007. Each group was compared using logistic regression.
RESULTS: U.S.-born Latinas had a similar or greater risk for all three outcomes when compared with Whites. Foreign-born Latinas had lower risk for preterm birth (odds ratio [OR], 0.85; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.80-0.90) compared with Whites, but not for LBW and SGA; foreign-born Latinas had a lower risk for LBW (OR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.74-0.92), preterm birth (OR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.74-0.89), and SGA (OR, 0.91; 95% CI, 0.83-0.99) compared with U.S.-born Latinas. Among foreign-born Latinas only, there was no difference in risk between documented (i.e., those who had a legal social security number) and undocumented women for LBW, preterm birth, or SGA.
CONCLUSIONS: These data support the existence of a variation of the "Latina paradox" among Latinas according to birthplace, where U.S.-born Latinas do not experience better birth outcomes than Whites, but foreign-born Latinas experience better birth outcomes for several endpoints compared with U.S.-born Latinas. Prevention efforts may prove more effective by considering the different composition of risk factors among foreign- and U.S.-born Latina populations.
METHODS: We undertook a cross-sectional study of rates of LBW, preterm, and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) births among 196,617 women delivering live, singleton births in Utah from 2004 to 2007. Each group was compared using logistic regression.
RESULTS: U.S.-born Latinas had a similar or greater risk for all three outcomes when compared with Whites. Foreign-born Latinas had lower risk for preterm birth (odds ratio [OR], 0.85; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.80-0.90) compared with Whites, but not for LBW and SGA; foreign-born Latinas had a lower risk for LBW (OR, 0.82; 95% CI, 0.74-0.92), preterm birth (OR, 0.81; 95% CI, 0.74-0.89), and SGA (OR, 0.91; 95% CI, 0.83-0.99) compared with U.S.-born Latinas. Among foreign-born Latinas only, there was no difference in risk between documented (i.e., those who had a legal social security number) and undocumented women for LBW, preterm birth, or SGA.
CONCLUSIONS: These data support the existence of a variation of the "Latina paradox" among Latinas according to birthplace, where U.S.-born Latinas do not experience better birth outcomes than Whites, but foreign-born Latinas experience better birth outcomes for several endpoints compared with U.S.-born Latinas. Prevention efforts may prove more effective by considering the different composition of risk factors among foreign- and U.S.-born Latina populations.
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