Open AccessPregnancy Outcomes among Hispanics Stratified by Country of Origin
Author(s) -
Hector MendezFigueroa,
Suneet P. Chauhan,
Haleh SangiHaghpeykar,
Kjersti M. Aagaard
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
american journal of perinatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.793
H-Index - 67
eISSN - 1098-8785
pISSN - 0735-1631
DOI - 10.1055/s-0039-1698835
Subject(s) - medicine , foreign born , demography , ethnic group , retrospective cohort study , pregnancy , birth weight , cohort , singleton , obstetrics , pediatrics , population , environmental health , sociology , biology , anthropology , genetics
This study aimed to compare the perinatal outcomes among U.S.-born and foreign-born Hispanics and Caucasians and ascertain if length of time in the US was associated with the rate of adverse outcomes.