maternal, pregnancy, and birth characteristics of asians and native hawaiians pacific islanders king county, washington, 2003 2008 /

This analysis determined that,compared with Asians in King County, Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders (NHPI) mothers were significantly more likely to be adolescents, and overweight or obese before pregnancy,or to have smoked during pregnancy, and their infants were more likely to be born preterm, and weigh >4500 g,or receive either third trimester only or no prenatal care. These results identify distinguished differences and support routine presentation of health data separately for Asians and NHPIs.

Source: cdc.gov