Epigenomic pathways from racism to preterm birth: secondary analysis of the Nulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes Study: monitoring Mothers-to-be (nuMoM2b) cohort study in the USA to examine how DNA methylation mediates the relationship between multilevel r
Study procedures were approved by the Columbia University Institutional Review Board (#AAAU0215). This study aims to fill critical knowledge gaps regarding the role of racism and epigenomics in preterm birth among black women.
Authors
- Mitali Ray (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7175-8287)
- Goleen Samari (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9506-3586)
- Rebecca B. McNeil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1351-1670)
- Paolo Reho
- Veronica Barcelona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3070-1716)
- Haotian Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6271-0249)
- Yihong Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8730-0476)
- Uma M Reddy
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- RTI International (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Columbia University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091801
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.31
Funders
- Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research