2020
Elucidating the role of overweight and obesity in racial and ethnic disparities in cesarean delivery risk
Glazer K, Danilack V, Werner E, Field A, Savitz D. Elucidating the role of overweight and obesity in racial and ethnic disparities in cesarean delivery risk. Annals Of Epidemiology 2020, 42: 4-11.e4. PMID: 32005568, DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2019.12.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexCesarean delivery riskPopulation attributable fractionAttributable fractionHispanic womenPreconception weight managementRole of overweightLow-risk pregnanciesDelivery riskCesarean riskNulliparous birthsPerinatal disparitiesPrepregnancy overweightGestational complicationsDelivery hospitalMass indexRisk ratioWeight managementHigh prevalenceAdditional adjustmentRisk differenceClinical approachOverweightObesityEthnic disparities
2019
Characteristics of women without a postpartum checkup among PRAMS participants, 2009–2011
Danilack V, Brousseau E, Paulo B, Matteson K, Clark M. Characteristics of women without a postpartum checkup among PRAMS participants, 2009–2011. Maternal And Child Health Journal 2019, 23: 903-909. PMID: 30631991, PMCID: PMC6555651, DOI: 10.1007/s10995-018-02716-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostpartum checkupRisk ratioAdequate prenatal careConfidence intervalsUnited States CentersCharacteristics of womenCross-sectional analysisPostpartum visitUncomplicated pregnanciesVisit 4Prenatal careWeeks postpartumCheckupMaternal factorsSociodemographic factorsMedical careSociodemographic characteristicsPhysical healthWomenDelivery factorsStates CentersVisitsCarePregnancyLow income
2015
The effect of labour induction on the risk of caesarean delivery: using propensity scores to control confounding by indication
Danilack V, Dore D, Triche E, Muri J, Phipps M, Savitz D. The effect of labour induction on the risk of caesarean delivery: using propensity scores to control confounding by indication. BJOG An International Journal Of Obstetrics & Gynaecology 2015, 123: 1521-1529. PMID: 26411752, DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.13682.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWeeks of gestationCaesarean deliveryLabor inductionRisk ratioPropensity scoreElevated riskNational Perinatal Information CenterPrimary caesarean deliveryRisk of caesareanAdministrative hospital discharge dataHospital discharge dataMedical record informationCross-sectional analysisExpectant managementPreterm deliveryLiveborn deliveryPropensity score methodsGestationMember hospitalsPS adjustmentWeeksCovariate adjustmentSubsequent weeksTraditional covariatesRisk