Wasse H, Holt V L, Daling J R
Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195.
Am J Public Health. 1994 Sep;84(9):1505-7. doi: 10.2105/ajph.84.9.1505.
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.
本研究比较了1980年至1991年在华盛顿州单胎活产的三组女性的分娩结局:所有出生于埃塞俄比亚的黑人女性(n = 264)以及美国出生的黑人女性样本(n = 526)和白人女性样本(n = 546)。与美国出生的女性相比,埃塞俄比亚女性年龄更大,结婚的可能性更高,吸烟的可能性更低,而且她们患贫血的可能性低于美国出生的黑人。埃塞俄比亚人经调整后的低体重儿风险与美国出生的黑人(相对风险[RR]=0.9)和白人(RR = 1.1)相似。与美国出生的黑人相比,埃塞俄比亚人生育高体重儿的可能性更大(RR = 4.0)。文化和行为病因可能解释了这些良好的分娩结局。