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Table 2 Relative risks of APO categories by quartiles of Hcy, folate and VB12 in 1163 pregnant women

From: Serum homocysteine and folate concentrations in early pregnancy and subsequent events of adverse pregnancy outcome: the Sichuan Homocysteine study

APO categories

APO by quartiles of Hcy

APO by quartiles of folate

APO by quartiles of VB12

Odds ratio

95% CI

P value

Odds ratio

95% CI

P value

Odds ratio

95% CI

P value

Preeclampsia

 I quartile

1

–

–

1

–

–

1

–

–

 II quartile

0.96

0.64–1.44

0.836

0.66

0.46–0.94

0.023

0.90

0.63–1.30

0.578

 III quartile

1.11

0.74–1.65

0.612

0.67

0.47–0.96

0.029

0.78

0.54–1.13

0.195

 IV quartile

2.55

1.76–3.69

< 0.001

0.44

0.30–0.64

< 0.001

0.72

0.50–1.05

0.087

Preterm birth

 I quartile

1

–

–

1

–

–

1

–

–

 II quartile

1.34

0.81–2.20

0.255

0.91

0.63–1.43

0.949

0.71

0.47–1.07

0.100

 III quartile

1.58

0.97–2.57

0.068

0.46

0.29–0.71

0.001

0.58

0.38–0.89

0.012

 IV quartile

3.54

2.26–5.54

< 0.001

0.44

0.28–0.70

< 0.001

0.56

0.37–0.86

0.008

Low birth weight

 I quartile

1

–

–

1

–

–

1

–

–

 II quartile

0.77

0.45–1.32

0.337

0.91

0.60–1.39

0.665

0.83

0.53–1.36

0.426

 III quartile

1.03

0.63–1.69

0.912

0.56

0.35–0.90

0.016

0.81

0.51–1.31

0.362

 IV quartile

2.54

1.62–3.98

< 0.001

0.43

0.26–0.71

0.001

0.78

0.49–1.24

0.292

Stillbirth

 I quartile

1

–

–

1

–

–

1

–

–

 II quartile

5.07

0.59–43.67

0.140

1.20

0.36–3.99

0.761

2.02

0.50–8.16

0.323

 III quartile

6.11

0.73–51.03

0.095

0.80

0.21–3.01

0.741

1.68

0.40–7.09

0.481

 IV quartile

6.13

0.73–51.21

0.094

0.60

0.14–2.52

0.481

1.34

0.30–6.05

0.701