Factors | Participant race | P-value1 | |
---|---|---|---|
Black | White | ||
(N = 103) | (N = 72) | ||
Predisposing | Â | Â | Â |
Age, yrs, mean ± SD | 25 ± 0.6 | 33 ± 0.6 | < 0.001* |
Single | 73 | 11 | < 0.001* |
Parity | Â | Â | 0.2 |
 None | 2 | 3 |  |
 1 prior birth | 27 | 37 |  |
 ≥ 2 prior births | 71 | 60 |  |
Education, yrs | Â | Â | < 0. 001* |
 < 12 | 26 | 3 |  |
 ≥12 | 74 | 97 |  |
Enabling | Â | Â | Â |
Unemployed | 47 | 13 | < 0.001* |
Payment source | Â | Â | < 0.001* |
  Commercial | 65 | 97 |  |
  Medicaid | 35 | 3 |  |
Psychosocial | Â | Â | Â |
Depressive symptoms2 | 22 | 7 | 0.02* |
Social Support3 | Â | Â | Â |
Support by significant other | 98 | 99 | 0.6 |
Amount of support | Â | Â | 0.02* |
 Little or moderate | 22 | 12 |  |
 A great deal | 68 | 88 |  |
Most support other than significant other | 56 | 32 | 0.03* |
Clinical | Â | Â | Â |
Body mass index, mean ± SD | 27.8 ± 8 | 23.2 ± 6.1 | 0.002* |
Gestational age (mean ± SD weeks) | 11 ± 3 | 8 ± 4 | < 0.001* |
Smoker | 10 | 6 | 0.7 |
Prior preterm birth or spontaneous miscarriage | 61 | 46 | 0.2 |
≥ 1 Prior medical conditions4,5 | 72 | 67 | 0.5 |
≥ 1 Pregnancy complications6 | 27 | 24 | 0.4 |