Reconstructing a Pregnancy Cohort to Examine Potential Selection Bias in Studies on Racial Disparities in Preterm Delivery

ConclusionsUsing birth certificate data – thereby excluding induced terminations – to estimate the PTD racial disparity did not produce biased estimates. Our data suggest observed PTD disparities likely are not artefacts of selection bias due to induced termination.

Source: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology - August 31, 2016 Category: Perinatology & Neonatology Authors: Katherine J. Sapra, Ashok K. Chaurasia, Jennifer A. Hutcheon, Katherine A. Ahrens Tags: Original Article Source Type: research