Skin Color and Severe Maternal Outcomes: Evidence from the Brazilian Network for Surveillance of Severe Maternal Morbidity.

K G FernandesM L CostaS M HaddadMary Angela ParpinelliM H SousaJosé Guilherme Cecattinull null

Published in: BioMed research international (2019)

Nonwhite skin color was associated with a lower risk for severe maternal outcomes. This result could be due to confounding factors linked to a high rate of Brazilian miscegenation.

Keyphrases

birth weight
early onset
pregnancy outcomes
public health
soft tissue
wound healing
type diabetes
physical activity
adipose tissue
insulin resistance