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To evaluate the outcome of pregnancies among Hispanics in a tertiary care hospital in Miami, Florida.Retrospective study of all women who delivered in our institution over an 11-year period. Outcome variables were stratified by race/ethnicity groups: Hispanics, non-Hispanic blacks and non-Hispanic whites. Variables included rates of low birth weight (LBW), preterm delivery (PTD) and other selected pregnancy outcomes.Thirty-five percent were of Hispanic origin, mainly of Caribbean, Central American and South American origin. Hispanics had the lowest rate of LBW (9%) when compared to blacks, non-Hispanics (18%) and white non-Hispanics (11%) (p0.0001). Hispanic women were less likely to deliver prematurely, at37 weeks (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 0.68, 95% CI 0.65-0.91, p0.0001),32 weeks (AOR 0.57, 95% CI 0.52-0.63, p0.0001) and28 weeks (AOR 0.66, 95% CI 0.51-0.65, p0.0001). Hispanic women were less likely to have preterm premature rupture of membranes (AOR 0.66, 95% CI 0.58-0.75, p0.0001).Hispanics have the lowest PTD and LBW rates when compared to non-Hispanic whites and blacks. |
