Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine
2019

Comparison of pregnancy outcome between immigrant women in couples with same ethnicity to mixed ethnicity couples (Article)

Avraham S. , Zakar L. , Maslovitz S. , Zoabi J. , Lavie A. , Yogev Y.* , Many A.
  • a Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Lis Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • b Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Lis Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • c Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Lis Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • d Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • e Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Lis Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • f Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Lis Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • g Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Lis Maternity and Women’s Hospital, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel

Abstract

Aim: To compare the pregnancy outcome of immigrant women who became pregnant to the same ethnicity partner versus a partner from a different ethnicity. Methods: A retrospective cohort study on all singleton pregnancies of immigrant women who delivered between the years 2011–2015 in a single tertiary University Affiliated Hospital. Demographic and obstetrical data were collected. Same ethnicity couples and mixed couples were compared using the Pearson chi-square test for dichotomous variables, and Student’s T-test for normally distributed continuous variables. Results: Overall, 443 immigrant women delivered during the study period, of them, 294 (66.37%) had the same ethnicity spouse and 149 (33.63%) were part of a mixed couple. Women of same ethnicity couples were significantly younger (32.7 versus 35.05 years, p <.0001) and more likely to be nulliparous (48 versus 32%, p =.001), compared to women of mixed couples. The rate of episiotomy was significantly higher among women with the same ethnicity spouse in comparison to women of mixed couples (37.22 versus 23.85%, p =.01). There was no significant difference in all other obstetrical or perinatal outcomes tested. Conclusions: Maternal component is the main factor for perinatal outcomes among immigrant mothers. © 2019, © 2019 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

Author Keywords

Maternal Pregnancy Immigrant Paternal Episiotomy

Index Keywords

immigrant chi square test human controlled study student male female spouse episiotomy Article pregnancy outcome major clinical study adult mother human experiment outcome assessment cohort analysis ethnicity retrospective study nullipara
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https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85061975420&doi=10.1080%2f14767058.2019.1582634&partnerID=40&md5=73cda252a9b6d3546c354c34ed9bca10
DOI: 10.1080/14767058.2019.1582634
ISSN: 14767058
Original Language: English