Re-conceptualizing Associations between Race and Morbidities of Extreme Prematurity

In this volume of The Journal, Ryan et  al report a secondary analysis from the 11 centers included in the Prematurity and Respiratory Outcome Program (PROP).1 The purpose of PROP was to identify biomarkers and other factors associated with long-term respiratory morbidity among preterm infants, and the goal of this secondary analysis wa s to determine whether black infants were at lower risk of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). In PROP, enrolled extremely low gestational age black infants had a lower incidence of BPD (38%) compared with white infants (45%).
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research