African immigrants' favorable preterm birth rates challenge genetic etiology of the Black-White disparity in preterm birth

• Egile Nagusiak: Paula Braveman (Egilea), Katherine Heck (Egilea), Tyan Parker Dominguez (Egilea), Kristen Marchi (Egilea), Wylie Burke (Egilea), Nicole Holm (Egilea)
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• Argitaratua: Frontiers Media S.A., 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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BackgroundWe examined over a million California birth records for 2010 through 2021 to investigate whether disparities in preterm birth (PTB) by nativity and race support the widely held but hitherto unsubstantiated belief that genetic differences explain the persistent Black-White disparity in PTB....