Association between socioeconomic status and small‐for‐gestational‐age in Japan: A single center retrospective cohort study

• DOI: 10.1111/jog.14069
• Publication Date: 2019-08-08T08:54:24Z
• Authors: Ikuyo Hayashi; Kenji Takakura; Ken Yamaguchi; Masahiro Sumitomo; Maki Suzuki; Aya Sumitomo; Satomi Minato; Yoko Nose; Narumi Nagai; Naoki Sakane
• Keywords: Marital status; Premature birth

Small-for-gestational-age (SGA) status has negative health consequences in neonates and later life. Low socioeconomic (SES) is a reported risk factor for adverse birth outcomes, such as SGA preterm (PTB). The present study investigated whether maternal SES associated with outcomes Japanese pregnant women.Retrospective data were collected 1970 women singleton pregnancies who delivered between January 2007 December 2011 at single center: low group (n = 197); controls 1773). was defined according to the criteria of pregnant-childbirth hospitalization support policy system.The included significantly higher proportion young women, marital status, greater parity, pre-pregnancy smoking lack regular employment (P < 0.001, respectively). crude odds ratio (OR) association 1.80 (95% confidence interval [CI] 1.15-2.82, P 0.010). After adjustment baseline age, body mass index, gestational weight gain, adjusted OR 1.92 CI 1.17-3.17, No significant found PTB.The results suggest that births population. Mitigation could be urgent public prevent disadvantage outcome.