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Table 1 Adjusted odds ratios and population attributable fractions for SGA infants, New South Wales, 2007–2010

From: Potential prevention of small for gestational age in Australia: a population-based linkage study

Study variable

Preterm infant

Term infant, diabetic mother

Term infant, non-diabetic mother

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Model-based PAF (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Model-based PAF (95% CI)

Adjusted OR (95% CI)

Model-based PAF (95% CI)

Country of birth, Aboriginality

      

  Aboriginal Australian

1.08 [0.84, 1.39]

0.36 [-0.92, 1.68]

1.08 [0.75, 1.57]

0.13 [-0.48, 0.80]

1.29 [1.20, 1.38]

0.87 [0.61, 1.12]

  Non-Aboriginal Non-Australian†

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

  Non-Australian

1.67 [1.46, 1.90]

11.41 [8.36, 14.41]

1.92 [1.72, 2.14]

27.01 [22.74, 31.23]

1.54 [1.50, 1.59]

11.08 [10.29, 11.86]

ARIA+remoteness

      

  Major cities

0.88 [0.77, 1.01]

 

Not retained

 

Not retained

 

  Inner regional†

1.00

   

  Outer regional

0.77 [0.60, 0.98]

   

  Remote

0.36 [0.17, 0.78]

   

Socio-economic group

      

  1st quintile (Most advantaged)†

(1st–4th quintiles vs. 5th quintile)

1.00

 

(1st–3rd quintiles vs. 4th, 5th quintile)

 

  2nd quintile

1.15 [0.97, 1.35]

 

  3rd quintile

1.06 [0.89, 1.26]

 

  4th quintile

1.23 [1.02, 1.47]

 

1.12 [1.08, 1.16]

 

  5th quintile (Most disadvantaged)

1.22 [1.07, 1.40]

 

1.41 [1.21, 1.64]

 

1.18 [1.15, 1.22]

 

Inter-pregnancy interval

      

  6–41 months, nulliparity†

Not retained

 

Not retained

 

1.00

 

  <6 or ≥42 months

  

1.14 [1.08, 1.19]

 

Number of previous pregnancies

      

  0

1.89 [1.62, 2.19]

26.97 [21.25, 32.52]

2.71 [2.38, 3.09]

39.82 [35.22, 44.14]

2.73 [2.62, 2.84]

36.96 [35.80, 38.13]

  1†

1.00

 

0.66 [0.53, 0.83]

 

1.00

 

  2

0.57 [0.45, 0.70]

 

0.56 [0.41, 0.77]

 

0.71 [0.67, 0.74]

 

  3

(0, 2+ vs. 1)

 

(0,2+ vs. 1)

 

0.55 [0.51, 0.61]

 

  4+

0.47 [0.41, 0.55]

Number of previous births by caesarean

      

  0†

Not retained

 

Not retained

 

1.00

 

  1

  

0.92 [0.87, 0.97]

 

  2

  

(None vs. Any)

 

  3+

   

Number of previous preterm births

      

  0†

Not retained

 

Not retained

 

1.00

 

  1

  

1.68 [1.55, 1.82]

1.17 [0.95, 1.38]

  2+

  

2.00 [1.46, 2.72]

0.11 [0.55, 0.17]

Number of stillbirths

      

  0

Not retained

 

Not retained

 

1.00

 

  1+

  

1.40 [1.14, 1.72]

0.12 [0.04, 0.20]

Number of previous SGA infants

      

  0†

1.00

 

1.00

 

1.00

 

  1

3.70 [3.02, 4.54]

9.81 [8.00, 11.67]

4.00 [3.28, 4.88]

7.27 [5.91, 8.73]

4.90 [4.67, 5.14]

11.16 [10.73, 11.62]

  2

7.56 [5.03, 11.36]

3.11 [2.22, 4.13]

8.93 [5.52, 14.42]

1.44 [0.89, 2.06]

12.27 [10.93, 13.77]

2.24 [2.06, 2.43]

  3+

–

 

–

 

16.89 [13.10, 21.78]

0.54 [0.45, 0.65]

Pre-existing/Gestational diabetes

0.60 [0.49, 0.74]

 

Not retained

 

Not retained

 

Pregnancy hypertension

4.46 [3.94, 5.05]

28.80 [25.97, 31.64]

Not retained

 

1.17 [1.12, 1.22]

1.22 [0.84, 1.89]

Chronic hypertension

3.12 [2.34, 4.16]

2.73 [1.80, 3.78]

Not retained

 

1.31 [1.14, 1.50]

0.20 [0.09, 0.32]

Illicit drug use during pregnancy

1.82 [1.29, 2.57]

1.45 [0.52, 2.43]

3.25 [1.46, 7.22]

0.31 [0.04, 0.64]

2.00 [1.74, 2.29]

0.57 [0.44, 0.70]

Smoking during pregnancy

2.23 [1.91, 2.61]

12.41 [9.79, 14.99]

1.45 [1.21, 1.75]

2.51 [1.14, 3.92]

2.31 [2.22, 2.40]

10.28 [9.77, 10.83]

First antenatal care visit ≥14 weeks

Not retained

 

Not retained

 

1.05 [1.01, 1.08]

0.79 [0.20, 1.39]

Fetus with congenital anomaly

2.26 [1.86, 2.74]

 

Not retained

 

1.46 [1.35, 1.59]

 
  1. SGA, small-for-gestational-age, OR, odds ratio, CI, confidence interval, PAF, population attributable fraction, ARIA+, accessibility/remoteness index of Australia.
  2. †Reference category. For dichotomised variables, the reference category is absence of variable.