The differential effect of foreign-born status on preterm birth: A Taiwan population-based birth registry study

L. C. See; Y. M. Shen; Y. J. Lo

doi:10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01393.x

The differential effect of foreign-born status on preterm birth: A Taiwan population-based birth registry study

L. C. See^*, Y. M. Shen, Y. J. Lo

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Abstract

Whether foreign-born status confers a protective effect on preterm birth in Taiwan was investigated using singleton live birth data from the 2004 Taiwan Birth Registry (n = 211 946). Newborns of foreign-born mothers (FBMs) comprised 13.7% of the population. The preterm birth rate of newborns of FBMs (5.9%) was significantly lower than that of newborns of Taiwan-born mothers (TBMs) (8.0%) (P < 0.0001). After having adjusted for predisposing maternal factors or adverse pregnancy conditions, newborns of FBMs still had a lower risk in preterm birth than that of TBMs, with an odds ratio of 0.74 and 95% confidence interval between 0.71 and 0.79. Selection was hypothesised to explain the low preterm birth rate in FBMs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1023-1027
Number of pages	5
Journal	BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Volume	114
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-0528.2007.01393.x
State	Published - 08 2007

Keywords

Foreign-born mothers
Preterm birth
Risk factors
Transnational marriage

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