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Table 4 Associations of maternal exposure to Wenchuan earthquake with adverse birth outcomes among livebirths

From: Maternal exposure to Wenchuan earthquake and prolonged risk of offspring birth outcomes: a natural experiment study

 

Adjusted Risk Ratioa (95% Confidence Interval, P value)

Birth outcome

Model 1 (All livebirths)

Model 2 (Singleton livebirths)

Total

 Preterm birth

1.27 (1.06–1.51, 0.009)

1.24 (1.02–1.50, 0.031)

 Low birth weight

1.09 (0.89–1.33, 0.427)

1.02 (0.81–1.27, 0.857)

 Small for gestational age

0.91 (0.69–1.20, 0.505)

0.89 (0.66–1.19, 0.417)

Girls

 Preterm

1.06 (0.81–1.40, 0.675)

1.04 (0.77–1.41, 0.798)

 Low birth weight

0.98 (0.73–1.31, 0.871)

0.93 (0.67–1.29, 0.676)

 Small for gestational age

0.85 (0.54–1.35, 0.499)

0.83 (0.52–1.34, 0.451)

Boys

 Preterm

1.47 (1.18–1.84, 0.001)

1.43 (1.12–1.82, 0.004)

 Low birth weight

1.22 (0.93–1.61, 0.154)

1.13 (0.83–1.54, 0.420)

 Small for gestational age

0.99 (0.80–1.22, 0.913)

0.96 (0.78–1.20, 0.738)

  1. aAdjusted maternal diseases, history of PTB, method of conception, parity, multiple pregnancy or singleton pregnancy, mode of delivery and sex of newborns