The Effect of Acculturation on Progesterone/Estriol Ratios and Preterm Birth in Hispanics

To examine the Hispanic acculturation paradox by identifying the effect of acculturation on serum progesterone and estriol levels, the progesterone/estriol ratio, and preterm birth. We used an observational, prospective design with 468 self-identified, low-income, pregnant Hispanic women. We used th...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Obstetrics and gynecology (New York. 1953) 2008-02, Vol.111 (2), p.309-316
Hauptverfasser:	Ruiz, R Jeanne, Saade, George R., Brown, Charles E. L., Nelson-Becker, Carolyn, Tan, Alai, Bishop, Sheryl, Bukowski, Radek
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acculturation Adolescent Adult Analysis of Variance Biological and medical sciences Diseases of mother, fetus and pregnancy Estriol - blood Female Gestational Age Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics Hispanic Americans - psychology Hispanic Americans - statistics & numerical data Humans Infant, Newborn Infant, Premature Logistic Models Medical sciences Poverty Pregnancy Pregnancy Outcome Pregnancy. Fetus. Placenta Premature Birth - blood Premature Birth - epidemiology Premature Birth - ethnology Progesterone - blood Prospective Studies Statistics, Nonparametric Stress, Psychological - blood Stress, Psychological - epidemiology Stress, Psychological - ethnology United States - epidemiology
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