Incidence of fetal macrosomia and birth complications in Chinese immigrant women
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Jonathan M. Morris; Susan Campbell Westerway; Robert Heard; John M. Keogh
- Source
- The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 43:46-49
- Subject
- China
Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty
media_common.quotation_subject
Birth weight
Immigration
Population
Ethnic group
Ethnic populations
White People
Fetal Macrosomia
Pregnancy
Reference Values
Ethnicity
medicine
Fetal macrosomia
Birth Weight
Humans
education
media_common
education.field_of_study
business.industry
Incidence
Incidence (epidemiology)
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Obstetrics and Gynecology
General Medicine
Emigration and Immigration
medicine.disease
Obstetric Labor Complications
Female
New South Wales
business
Demography
- Language
- ISSN
- 1479-828X
0004-8666
Objective: To compare rates of fetal macrosomia (birthweight >4000 g) and birth complications in both Chinese women immigrants and Caucasian women for two time periods: 1992 and 1999–2000. Population: Chinese women immigrants and Caucasian women attending the Royal North Shore Hospital and Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Hospital in Sydney's northern health region. Methods: Data used were extracted from the Northern Suburbs Area Health Service OBSTET database. Significance of trends were assessed using χ2 test. Results: The results show a rise in macrosomic babies born to Chinese immigrants from 4% of total Chinese births in 1992 to 9.8% in 1999–2000 (P = 0.02).There was no significant difference in the rate of macrosomia among Caucasian women with respective rates of 11 and 14% for the same periods. The incidence of post-partum haemorrhage increased significantly in both Chinese immigrants and Caucasian women (P