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 racism and preterm birth in black women: a study protocol
Barcelona V, Ray M, Zhao Y, Samari G, Wu H, Reho P, McNeil R, Reddy U. 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 racism and preterm birth in black women: a study protocol. BMJ Open 2025, 15: e091801. PMID: 40037666, PMCID: PMC11881185, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-091801.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNulliparous Pregnancy Outcomes StudyMonitoring Mothers-to-BeMothers-to-beBlack womenPregnancy Outcomes StudyParticipants' electronic health recordsPreterm birthSecondary analysisCohort studyGeocoded participant addressesSecondary analysis of dataStudy protocolElectronic health recordsStructural racism measuresUniversity Institutional Review BoardEffects of individual-Black pregnant womenOutcome studiesRacial residential segregationProspective cohort studyPregnancy-related morbidityParticipant's addressHealth recordsAdverse pregnancy outcomesWhite women
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