title: Pregnancy risk factors and birth outcomes in Washington State: a comparison of Ethiopian-born and US-born women.
abstract: This study compared birth outcomes of three cohorts of women with singleton live births in Washington State between 1980 and 1991: all Black Ethiopian-born women (n = 264) and samples of US-born Black (n = 526) and White (n = 546) women. Ethiopians were older, more likely to be married, and less likely to smoke than were US-born women, and they were less likely to have anemia than US-born Blacks. The adjusted low-birthweight risk among Ethiopians was similar to that of US-born Blacks (relative risk [RR] = 0.9) and Whites (RR = 1.1). Ethiopians were more likely to have high-birthweight infants than were US-born Blacks (RR = 4.0). Cultural and behavioral etiologies may explain these favorable birth outcomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wasse
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Holt
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Daling
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American; D001724:Birth Weight; D044383:Black People; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008393:Marriage; D008423:Maternal Age; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000208:ethnology*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D012036:Refugees; D012307:Risk Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000208:ethnology; D014481:United States; D044465:White People