Racial discrepancies in the association between paternal vs. maternal educational level and risk of low birthweight in Washington State

Table 3 Unadjusted prevalence of low birthweight by maternal or paternal educational level amongst different racial groups

	All Races		Whites		Blacks		Asians		Hispanics		All Non-White
	OR*	95%CI †	OR *	95% CI †	OR*	95% CI †	OR*	95% CI †	OR*	95% CI †	OR*	95% CI †
Maternal Education‡
<12	1.59	1.47–1.70	1.99	1.82–2.17	0.90	0.56–1.45	1.05	0.80–1.38	0.99	0.70–1.39	0.96	0.82–1.12
12	1.29	1.23–1.37	1.33	1.25–1.42	1.10	0.83–1.46	1.06	0.87–1.28	1.12	0.78–1.60	1.06	0.92–1.21
13–15	1.16	1.09–1.23	1.15	1.08–1.23	1.08	0.81–1.43	1.09	0.90–1.33	1.33	0.92–1.94	1.12	0.98–1.29
> = 16	1.00	Referent	1.00	Referent	1.00	Referent	1.00	Referent	1.00	Referent	1.0	Referent
Paternal Education‡
<12	1.58	1.47–1.69	1.88	1.72–2.06	0.96	0.58–1.57	1.23	0.91–1.66	0.97	0.72–1.31	1.06	0.91–1.24
12	1.37	1.30–1.45	1.41	1.32–1.50	0.96	0.74–1.25	1.10	0.91–1.33	1.11	0.81–1.52	1.10	0.97–1.26
13–15	1.21	1.14–1.28	1.23	1.15–1.31	0.84	0.63–1.11	1.19	0.98–1.45	1.00	0.70–1.43	1.04	0.90–1.14
> = 16	1.00	Referent	1.00	Referent	1.00	Referent	1.0	Referent	1.00	Referent	1.00	Referent

Columns are separated by maternal race. "Non-white" includes infants whose mother was black, Asian, Hispanic, Native American or "other". Odds ratios for non-whites were adjusted for maternal race. * OR: odds ratio. † 95% CI: 95% confidence interval. ‡Years of education completed.