American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 1 , Pages 94.e1-94.e10, July 2009

Association of genetic ancestry with preterm delivery and related traits among African American mothers

  • Hui-Ju Tsai, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children's Memorial Hospital and Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprints: Hui-Ju Tsai, PhD, Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children's Memorial Hospital and Children's Memorial Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, 2300 Children's Plaza, Box 157, Chicago, IL 60614-3394
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  • Yunxian Yu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children's Memorial Hospital and Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics, School of Public Health, Zhejian University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
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  • Shanchun Zhang, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children's Memorial Hospital and Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago, IL
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  • Colleen Pearson, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Katherin Ortiz, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Xiping Xu, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Center for Population Genetics, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, Chicago, IL
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  • Howard Bauchner, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Barry Zuckerman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA
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  • Xiaobin Wang, MD, MPH, ScD

      Affiliations

    • Mary Ann and J. Milburn Smith Child Health Research Program, Children's Memorial Hospital and Children's Memorial Research Center, Chicago, IL
    • Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL

Received 2 October 2008; received in revised form 20 December 2008; accepted 26 February 2009. published online 18 May 2009.

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 The study was supported in part by Grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (R01 HD41702; K24 HD 042489), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (R01ES11682, R21ES11666), March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation (20-FY98-0701, 20-FY02-56 and #21-FY07-605), and Food Allergy Project.

 Drs Tsai and Yu contributed equally to this work.

 Cite this article as: Tsai H-J, Yu Y, Zhang S, et al. Association of genetic ancestry with preterm delivery and related traits among African American mothers. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2009;201:94.e1-10.

PII: S0002-9378(09)00218-X

doi:10.1016/j.ajog.2009.02.027

American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Volume 201, Issue 1 , Pages 94.e1-94.e10, July 2009

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