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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2021 Sep 28;240:24–30.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.09.035

Table VI.

Pairwise comparisons of relative risk of stratified preterm birth by maternal race, ethnicity, and nativity

Extreme preterm birth Moderate preterm birth Late preterm birth
Reference groups Comparison group aRR (Bonferroni-corrected 95% CI)
US-born HW
Foreign-born NHB 2.5 (1.67–3.76) 1.01 (0.78–1.30) 0.76 (0.66–0.88)
Foreign-born NHW 0.81 (0.50–1.32) 0.75 (0.58–0.97) 0.69 (0.61–0.79)
Foreign-born HW 0.48 (0.21–1.14) 0.43 (0.27–0.69) 0.74 (0.61–0.90)
US-born NHB
Foreign-born NHB 0.92 (0.72–1.17) 0.71 (0.59–0.86) 0.69 (0.61–0.77)
Foreign-born NHW 0.29 (0.21–0.43) 0.53 (0.44–0.65) 0.63 (0.57–0.70)
Foreign-born HW 0.18 (0.08–0.39) 0.30 (0.19–0.47) 0.67 (0.56–0.80)
US-born HB
Foreign-born NHB 1.07 (0.65–1.76) 0.72 (0.50–1.02) 0.79 (0.63–0.98)
Foreign-born NHW 0.35 (0.20–0.61) 0.53 (0.37–0.76) 0.72 (0.58–0.89)
Foreign-born HW 0.20 (0.08–0.51) 0.31 (0.18–0.52) 0.76 (0.59–0.99)

Model adjusted for maternal age, marital status, insurance, education, tobacco use, medical comorbidities, and infant birth year. These estimates were derived from postestimation linear comparisons and Bonferroni adjusted for multiple comparisons. Significant aRRs are shown in bold.