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Table 6 Racial disparities in birth outcomes and cardiovascular risk factors

From: Pre-pregnancy cardiovascular risk factors and racial disparities in birth outcomes: the Bogalusa Heart Study

 

unadjusted

adjusted

additionally adjusted for cardiovascular risk factors

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

OR

95% CI

Low birthweight

2.44

1.69–3.73

3.84a

2.07-7.12

3.32e

1.52-7.21

Preterm birth

1.40

1.10–1.79

1.66b

1.24–2.23

1.65f

1.19-2.30

Small-for-gestational-age

1.99

1.59–2.48

2.18c

1.61-2.96

1.95g

1.37-2.76

Large-for-gestational-age

0.44

0.33–0.58

0.35d

0.25-0.48

0.32h

0.22-0.45

  1. Adjusted for:
  2. a(same adjustments as previous tables) smoking, Kotelchuck index, married, maternal education, time since screening, BMI, year of birth
  3. bsmoking, Kotelchuck index, maternal education, parity, maternal age, year of birth, time since screening, BMI
  4. csmoking, Kotelchuck index, maternal education, parity, married, maternal age, time since screening, BMI
  5. dsmoking, parity, time since screening, BMI, maternal age
  6. eprevious column + triglycerides, insulin, systolic blood pressure, systolic blood pressure-squared
  7. fprevious column + glucose, LDL
  8. gprevious column + glucose, systolic blood pressure, systolic blood pressure-squared
  9. hprevious column + glucose
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