Pregnant African American women with maternal hypertension
have a three-fold greater risk for postpartum hemorrhage
than those without hypertension, according to a Morehouse
School of Medicine study. The study found no significant
association between maternal hypertension and postpartum
hemorrhage among other ethnicities. According to the study,
the higher incidence of maternal hypertension among African
American women may contribute to the gap in low birth
weight, preterm deliveries, and Perinatal and infant illness
and mortality between African Americans and other U.S.
women.
-Women's Health Weekly, April 1996
Reprinted from Midwifery Today E-News (Vol 2 Issue 26 June 28, 2000)
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