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Table 3 Indigenous vs. non-Indigenous bivariate and multivariate analysis of key indicators

From: The maternal and neonatal outcomes for an urban Indigenous population compared with their non-Indigenous counterparts and a trend analysis over four triennia

Outcome

Univariate

Multivariate

 

OR

95%

CI

P

aOR

95%

CI

P

Preterm < 37 weeks

1.42

1.19

1.70

0.001*

1.21

1.01

1.46

0.04*

Preterm < 32 weeks

1.62

1.16

2.26

0.004*

1.26

0.89

1.78

0.19

Low birth weight

1.66

1.39

1.99

0.001*

1.31

1.09

1.58

0.01*

Perinatal mortality

1.51

0.94

2.42

0.088

1.22

0.75

1.99

0.42

Teenage births#

4.12

3.53

4.81

0.001*

4.24

3.55

5.07

<0.001*

  1. OR odds ratio; aOR adjusted odds ratio; CI confidence interval; p p-value; # adjusted for parity, year of birth, BMI, smoking, gestational diabetes, APH, PIH and SEIFA. All other variables adjusted for age, year of delivery, parity, BMI, smoking, gestational diabetes, APH, PIH and SEIFA. * Statistically significant.
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