Wen S W, Kramer M S
Bureau of Reproductive and Child Health, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Ottawa, Canada.
Ethn Health. 1997 Aug;2(3):177-82. doi: 10.1080/13557858.1997.9961826.
To confirm the observation that has been occasionally reported in the literature that perinatal mortality rate is lower in ethnic Chinese than in ethnic whites, and to assess the reasons for this lower perinatal mortality rate.
Secondary-analysis based on published data.
This exercise demonstrates that the perinatal mortality rate was lower in ethnic Chinese than in ethnic whites. The birth weight distribution in ethnic Chinese was more favourable with reduced births at two extremes of the distribution, and the exposure to risk factors for perinatal death by their mothers was also lower.
Perinatal mortality rate is lower in ethnic Chinese than in ethnic whites, and the lower perinatal mortality rate in ethnic Chinese is probably caused by their favourable birth weight distribution and lower exposure to risk factors of perinatal death by their mothers.
证实文献中偶尔报道的华裔围产期死亡率低于白人的观察结果，并评估围产期死亡率较低的原因。
基于已发表数据进行二次分析。
本次研究表明，华裔的围产期死亡率低于白人。华裔的出生体重分布更有利，两端极端体重的出生数减少，且其母亲暴露于围产期死亡风险因素的情况也更低。
华裔的围产期死亡率低于白人，华裔围产期死亡率较低可能是由于其有利的出生体重分布以及其母亲暴露于围产期死亡风险因素的情况较低。
