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. 2021 Jul 5;41(11):2674–2683. doi: 10.1038/s41372-021-01136-0

Table 3.

Main outcomes according to severity of maternal illness and social factors.

Severity of Maternal Illness Social Factors
Underrepresented Minority Status Language Status Socially Vulnerability Index
Asymptomatic n = 174 Symptomatic n = 81 p valuea Not URM n = 84 URMb n = 171 p valuea English n = 136 Not-English speaking n = 119 p valuea SVI < 90%tile n = 187 SVI ≥ 90%tile n = 68 p valuea
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Outcome measures
Mode of delivery
 Vaginal 108 (62.1) 34 (42.0) 0.02 42 (50.0) 100 (58.5) 0.08 72 (52.9) 70 (58.8) 0.397 106 (56.7) 36 (52.9) 0.620
 Cesarean section 66 (37.9) 47 (58.0) 42 (50.0) 71 (41.5) 64 (47.1) 49 (41.2) 81 (43.3) 32 (47.1)
Preterm birth <37 weeks
 Yes 21 (12.1) 32 (39.5) <0.001 14 (16.7) 39 (22.8) 0.146 23 (16.9) 30 (25.2) 0.026 39 (20.9) 14 (20.6) 0.927
 No 153 (87.9) 49 (60.5) 70 (83.3) 132 (77.2) 113 (83.1) 89 (74.8) 148 (79.1) 54 (79.4)
Location of care
 Any rooming-in 136 (78.2) 31 (38.3) <0.001 57 (67.9) 110 (64.3) 0.490 92 (67.7) 75 (63.0) 0.836 125 (66.8) 42 (61.8) 0.164
 Complete separation 38 (21.8) 50 (61.7) 27 (32.1) 61 (35.7) 44 (32.3) 44 (37.0) 62 (33.2) 26 (38.2)
Breastfeedingc
 Any direct breastfeeding 124 (71.3) 28 (34.6) <0.001 54 (64.3) 98 (57.3) 0.361 78 (57.3) 74 (62.2) 0.698 116 (62.0) 36 (52.9) 0.200
 No direct breastfeeding 50 (28.7) 53 (65.4) 30 (35.7) 73 (42.7) 58 (42.7) 45 (37.8) 71 (38.0) 32 (47.1)

URM underrepresented minority.

ap value accounts for hospital clustering using Cochran-Mantel-Haenszel chi-square tests.

bNon-Hispanic black or Hispanic of any race.

cp value additionally accounts for clustering by multiples.