The absence of birthweight paradox as a marker of disadvantages faced by low maternal education children

This study tested the hypothesis that the birthweight paradox would not be observed when assessing the effect of maternal education on neonatal mortality in the presence of socioeconomic inequality in access to health care. Non-concurrent cohort study. Passive follow-up of live-born infants using pr...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of public health (Oxford, England) England), 2017-12, Vol.39 (4), p.704-711
Main Authors: Guimarães, P.V., Fonseca, S.C., Pinheiro, R.S., Aguiar, F.P., Camargo, K.R., Coeli, C.M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Epidemiology
Citations: Items that this one cites
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This study tested the hypothesis that the birthweight paradox would not be observed when assessing the effect of maternal education on neonatal mortality in the presence of socioeconomic inequality in access to health care. Non-concurrent cohort study. Passive follow-up of live-born infants using probabilistic record linkage of birth and death records for Rio de Janeiro (2004-2010; n = 1 445 367). Maternal age, birthweight and neonatal death were evaluated according to maternal educational level strata (
ISSN:1741-3842
1741-3850
DOI:10.1093/pubmed/fdw136