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Maternal and Child Health Journal
Published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal 1/2009

01-01-2009

The Risk of Having a Low Birth Weight or Preterm Infant among Cosmetologists in New York State

Authors: Michele L. Herdt-Losavio, Shao Lin, Charlotte M. Druschel, Syni-An Hwang, Matthew P. Mauer, G. Anders Carlson

Published in: Maternal and Child Health Journal | Issue 1/2009

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Abstract

Objectives This study sought to determine if female licensed cosmetologists have a higher risk of low birth weight, small-for-gestational-age, and preterm delivery compared to two different comparison groups. Methods This retrospective cohort study matched 15,003 licensed cosmetologists and a comparison group of 4,246 licensed realtors to birth records in New York State from 1997 to 2003. A second comparison group from the general population of New York State (n = 12,171) was frequency matched to cosmetologists on child’s year of birth, mother’s ethnicity and mother’s education. Results A positive association was found for low birth weight when comparing cosmetologists to realtors (adjusted odds ratio 1.36 (95% confidence interval: 1.09, 1.70)). Associations were stronger in non-whites than in whites in each birth weight comparison. Associations observed for small-for-gestational-age or preterm births with either comparison group were close to the null or had wide confidence intervals that included the null. Conclusions We observed a slightly increased risk for having a child born low birth weight among cosmetologists compared to another group of licensed professionals. The risk was greater among non-white races in each comparison.
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Metadata
Title
The Risk of Having a Low Birth Weight or Preterm Infant among Cosmetologists in New York State
Authors
Michele L. Herdt-Losavio
Shao Lin
Charlotte M. Druschel
Syni-An Hwang
Matthew P. Mauer
G. Anders Carlson
Publication date
01-01-2009
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Maternal and Child Health Journal / Issue 1/2009
Print ISSN: 1092-7875
Electronic ISSN: 1573-6628
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10995-008-0324-6

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