Table 2.
Obstetric and neonatal outcomes for singleton deliveries by asthma status among women in the Consortium on Safe Labor by race/ethnicity (n = 208,899), 2002–2008
| White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/PI | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No asthma n = (102,447) |
Asthma n = (8,156) |
No asthma n = (44,840) |
Asthma n = (5,444) |
No asthma n = (36,543) |
Asthma n = (2,288) |
No asthma n = (8,970) |
Asthma n = (211) |
||
| n (%) | |||||||||
| Obstetric outcomes | |||||||||
| Gestational diabetes | 4,520 (4.5) | 460 (5.7) | 1,905 (4.3) | 249 (4.7) | 2,318 (6.5) | 139 (6.3) | 878 (9.9) | 23 (11.3) | |
| Gestational hypertension | 3,072 (3.0) | 317 (4.0) | 1,401 (3.3) | 169 (3.3) | 733 (2.0) | 51 (2.3) | 109 (1.2) | 4 (1.9) | |
| Preeclampsiaa | 4,178 (4.1) | 425 (5.3) | 2,802 (6.5) | 314 (6.1) | 1,617 (4.5) | 115 (5.2) | 373 (4.2) | 10 (4.9) | |
| Maternal hemorrhagea | 7,487 (7.3) | 708 (8.7) | 2,555 (5.7) | 374 (6.9) | 2,159 (5.9) | 145 (6.3) | 461 (5.1) | 6 (2.8) | |
| Placental abruption | 1,429 (1.4) | 160 (2.0) | 977 (2.2) | 168 (3.1) | 532 (1.5) | 32 (1.4) | 104 (1.2) | 2 (1.0) | |
| Preterm delivery, <37 wk | 9,569 (9.3) | 1,021 (12.5) | 7,458 (16.6) | 1,006 (18.5) | 4,248 (11.6) | 327 (14.3) | 743 (8.3) | 28 (13.3) | |
| PROM | 6,869 (6.7) | 530 (6.5) | 3,413 (7.6) | 394 (7.2) | 2,292 (6.3) | 188 (8.2) | 830 (9.3) | 19 (9.0) | |
| PPROM | 1,937 (1.9) | 222 (2.7) | 1,432 (3.2) | 182 (3.3) | 755 (2.1) | 77 (3.4) | 166 (1.9) | 5 (2.9) | |
| Neonatal outcomes | |||||||||
| NICU admissiona | 10,718 (10.5) | 1,130 (13.9) | 7,241 (16.2) | 968 (17.8) | 4,060 (10.5) | 325 (14.2) | 815 (8.9) | 17 (8.1) | |
| Apneaa | 1,709 (1.9) | 189 (2.4) | 1,401 (3.2) | 155 (2.9) | 762 (2.1) | 69 (3.3) | 105 (1.7) | 4 (2.2) | |
| Respiratory distress syndrome | 2,882 (2.8) | 297 (3.6) | 2,051 (4.6) | 261 (4.8) | 1,080 (3.0) | 83 (3.6) | 142 (1.6) | 6 (2.8) | |
| Transient tachypnea of the newborn | 3,135 (3.1) | 334 (4.1) | 2,265 (5.1) | 311 (5.7) | 11,167 (3.2) | 89 (3.9) | 178 (2.0) | 5 (2.7) | |
| Anemia | 1,286 (1.3) | 131 (1.6) | 1,435 (3.2) | 170 (3.1) | 742 (2.0) | 54 (2.4) | 104 (1.2) | 1 (0.95) | |
| Size for gestational age SGAa | 7,883 (8.8) | 735 (10.2) | 6,452 (15.7) | 859 (17.0) | 3,449 (10.6) | 279 (13.7) | 1,035 (12.6) | 15 (7.4) | |
| Hyperbilirubinemia | 17,827 (17.4) | 1,573 (19.3) | 3,955 (8.8) | 482 (8.9) | 4,440 (12.2) | 318 (13.9) | 1,853 (20.7) | 46 (21.8) | |
Abbreviations: PI, Pacific Islander; wk, weeks; PROM, premature rupture of membranes; PPROM, preterm premature rupture of membranes; NICU, neonatal intensive care unit; SGA, small for gestational age; LGA, large for gestational age.
a
Race/ethnicity*asthma pinteraction ≤ 0.05 in fully adjusted model.