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Table 3 Gestational age-specific risk of stillbirth by medical condition and Indigenous status

From: Gestational age specific stillbirth risk among Indigenous and non-Indigenous women in Queensland, Australia: a population based study

Conditions

Indigenous (n = 20,273 births)

Adjusted Odds Ratios (95 % Confidence Intervals)

20–23 weeks

24–27 weeks

28–32 weeks

33–36 weeks

37–42+ weeks

Pre-existing diabetesa,c

1.42 (0.17–11.6)

3.15 (0.31–31.7)

7.81 (1.28–47.8)

19.0 (5.30–68.4)

15.4 (4.79–49.2)

Gestational diabetesa,c

-

-

-

0.68 (0.09–5.32)

0.93 (0.22–4.01)

Pre-existing hypertension b,c

2.27 (0.27–18.8)

5.62 (0.55–57.7)

13.2 (2.07–84.5)

1.35 (0.14–12.8)

1.49 (0.15–14.8)

Pre-Eclampsia/Eclampsia c

0.70 (0.09–5.14)

1.59 (0.21–12.2)

-

1.92 (0.24–15.2)

3.32 (0.79–14.0)

Antepartum haemorrhagea

18.1 (9.91–33.1)

14.2 (5.14–39.4)

31.2 (11.9–81.6)

2.53 (0.31–20.3)

17.1 (7.28–40.0)

Small-for-gestational age

1.30 (0.67–2.52)

3.32 (1.31–8.44)

7.04 (2.70–18.4)

3.05 (1.16–8.02)

2.10 (1.08–4.08)

Conditions

Non-Indigenous (n = 340,714 births)

Adjusted Odds Ratios (95 % Confidence Intervals)

20–23 weeks

24–27 weeks

28–32 weeks

33–36 weeks

37–42+ weeks

Pre-existing diabetesa

0.90 (0.21–3.94)

3.23 (0.98–10.7)

1.33 (0.18–9.64)

7.68 (3.36–17.6)

6.77 (3.47–13.2)

Gestational diabetesa

0.47 (0.21–1.06)

0.76 (0.31–1.87)

1.25 (0.61–2.56)

1.94 (1.14–3.32)

1.29 (0.84–1.97)

Pre-existing hypertension b

7.27 (4.18–12.6)

6.59 (2.99–14.6)

3.35 (1.05–10.7)

2.54 (0.80–8.11)

1.29 (0.41–4.04)

Pre-eclampsia/Eclampsia

0.99 (0.51–1.94)

6.40 (4.14–9.91)

5.55 (3.43–8.99)

2.00 (0.94–4.26)

2.77 (1.65–4.66)

Antepartum haemorrhagea

9.03 (7.21–11.3)

7.99 (5.67–11.3)

12.8 (9.25–17.9)

17.9 (13.1–24.4)

7.95 (5.85–10.8)

Small-for-gestational age

3.73 (3.00–4.64)

6.43 (4.78–8.67)

3.85 (2.77–5.33)

3.49 (2.50–4.87)

3.72 (2.91–4.74)

  1. Regression models adjusted for maternal age, smoking status, remoteness, substance use, gender, gravidity, hospital accommodation status, assisted conception use, socioeconomic status, marital status, number of antenatal care visits
  2. aModels additionally adjusted for pre-existing hypertension
  3. bThese models additionally adjusted for pre-existing diabetes
  4. cExact logistic regression model