Weill Medical College, Cornell University, New York, NY, USA.
Matern Child Health J. 2011 Jan;15(1):60-7. doi: 10.1007/s10995-009-0559-x.
To explore the association between paternal education and preterm birth, taking into account maternal social and economic factors. We analyzed data from a population-based cross-sectional postpartum survey, linked with birth certificates, of women who gave birth in California from 1999 through 2005 (n = 21,712). Women whose infants' fathers had not completed college had significantly higher odds of preterm birth than women whose infants' fathers were college graduates, even after adjusting for maternal education and family income [OR (95% CI) = 1.26 (1.01-1.58)]. The effect of paternal education was greater among unmarried women than among married women. Paternal education may represent an important indicator of risk for preterm birth, reflecting social and/or economic factors not measured by maternal education or family income. Researchers and policy makers committed to understanding and reducing socioeconomic disparities in birth outcomes should consider paternal as well as maternal socioeconomic factors in their analyses and policy decisions.
为了探讨父亲的教育程度与早产之间的关联，并考虑到母亲的社会经济因素。我们分析了 1999 年至 2005 年期间在加利福尼亚出生的妇女的基于人群的产后横断面调查数据，这些数据与出生证明相关联（n=21712）。即使在调整了母亲的教育程度和家庭收入后，父亲未完成大学学业的女性其婴儿早产的几率也明显高于父亲为大学毕业生的女性[比值比（95%置信区间）=1.26（1.01-1.58）]。在未婚女性中，父亲教育程度的影响大于已婚女性。父亲的教育程度可能是早产风险的一个重要指标，反映了母亲的教育程度或家庭收入无法衡量的社会和/或经济因素。致力于了解和减少出生结局中社会经济差异的研究人员和政策制定者应在其分析和政策决策中考虑父亲和母亲的社会经济因素。
