Black-white differences in chronic stress exposures to predict preterm birth: interpretable, race/ethnicity-specific machine learning model

• Main Authors: Sangmi Kim (Author), Patricia A. Brennan (Author), George M. Slavich (Author), Vicki Hertzberg (Author), Ursula Kelly (Author), Anne L. Dunlop (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Differential exposure to chronic stressors by race/ethnicity may help explain Black-White inequalities in rates of preterm birth. However, researchers have not investigated the cumulative, interactive, and population-specific nature of chronic stressor exposures and their possibl...