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Differential effects of stress and African ancestry on preterm birth and related traits among US born and immigrant Black mothers.
Medicine - 1 Feb 2017
Tsai Hui-Ju, Surkan Pamela J, Yu Stella M, Caruso Deanna, Hong Xiumei, Bartell Tami R, Wahl Anastacia D, Sampankanpanich Claire, Reily Anne, Zuckerman Barry S, Wang Xiaobin
Abstract excerpt
Preterm birth (PTB, <37 weeks of gestation) is influenced by a wide range of environmental, genetic and psychosocial factors, and their interactions. However, the individual and joint effects of genetic factors and psychosocial stress on PTB have remained largely unexplored among U.S. born versus immigrant mothers.We studied 1121 African American women from the Boston Birth Cohort enrolled from 1998 to 2008....
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