Low Birth Weight and Interactions Between Traditional Risk Factors

The effects of traditional risk factors on low birth weight were examined, using logistic regression analyses and adjusting for interactions between multiple factors. Data for 11,936 births were obtained from a state birth cohort file. The effect for maternal ethnicity was dependent on education and...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:The Journal of genetic psychology 1997-12, Vol.158 (4), p.443-456
Main Author: Abel, Millicent H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
African Americans - statistics & numerical data
Biological and medical sciences
Births
Body Weight
Chi-Square Distribution
Child development
Child Health
Child psychology
Cohort Studies
Confidence Intervals
Delivery. Postpartum. Lactation
Educational Status
European Continental Ancestry Group - statistics & numerical data
Female
Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics
High School Graduates
Humans
Infant, Low Birth Weight
Infant, Newborn
Kentucky - epidemiology
Likelihood Functions
Logistic Models
Marital Status
Maternal Age
Maternal, fetal and perinatal monitoring
Medical sciences
Odds Ratio
Pregnancy
Prenatal Care
Prenatal Care - standards
Prenatal Care - statistics & numerical data
Racial Differences
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Weight
Young Children
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The effects of traditional risk factors on low birth weight were examined, using logistic regression analyses and adjusting for interactions between multiple factors. Data for 11,936 births were obtained from a state birth cohort file. The effect for maternal ethnicity was dependent on education and marital status; the effect of marital status was dependent on ethnicity, medical risk, and level of prenatal care; and the effect of prenatal care was dependent on marital status. Results suggest that examining only main effects and ignoring interactions can produce overgeneralized conclusions about the influence of individual risk factors on low birth weight.
ISSN:0022-1325
1940-0896
DOI:10.1080/00221329709596681