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Table 2 Comparison of maternal, social, and obstetric characteristics by gestational groups for Black mothers with GDM, N = 8609

From: Preterm birth and nativity among Black women with gestational diabetes in California, 2013–2017: a population-based retrospective cohort study

 

<  34 weeks

n = 328

34–36 weeks

n = 820

37–38 weeks

n = 2570

≥39 weeks

n = 4891

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

cOR (95% CI)

cOR (95% CI)

cOR (95% CI)

cOR (95% CI)

p value

p value

p value

p value

Nativity

 US born

292 (89.0)

732 (89.3)

2236 (87.0)

3962 (81.0)

   

Reference

 Foreign-Born

36 (11.0)

88 (10.7)

334 (13.0)

929 (19.0)

0.5 (0.4, 0.8)

0.6 (0.4, 0.7)

0.7 (0.7, 0.8)

 

0.0006

<  0.0001

<  0.0001

 

Maternal Age (years)

 < 24

28 (8.5)

96 (11.7)

312 (12.1)

608 (12.4)

0.7 (0.5, 1.0)

0.9 (0.8, 1.2)

1.0 (0.9, 1.1)

 

0.0442

0.6070

0.7720

 

 24–39

300 (91.5)

721 (87.9)

2255 (87.7)

4279 (87.5)

   

Reference

> 40

a

a

a

a

Education (years)

 < 12

33 (10.1)

108 (13.2)

212 (8.3)

439 (9.0)

1.3 (0.8, 1.9)

1.4 (1.1, 1.7)

1.0 (0.8, 1.1)

 

0.2491

0.0041

0.7607

 

 12

85 (25.9)

240 (29.3)

728 (28.3)

1455 (29.8)

   

Reference

 > 12

202 (61.6)

449 (54.8)

1550 (60.3)

2824 (57.7)

1.2 (0.9, 1.6)

1.0 (0.8, 1.1)

1.1 (1.0, 1.2)

 

0.1413

0.6923

0.1765

 

Participation in WIC

 Yes

194 (59.2)

548 (66.8)

1632 (63.5)

3126 (63.9)

0.8 (0.7, 1.0)

1.1 (1.0, 1.3)

1.0 (0.9, 1.1)

 

0.1077

0.1395

0.7858

 

 No

131 (39.9)

268 (32.7)

923 (35.9)

1738 (35.5)

   

Reference

Adequacy of prenatal care

 Adequate/adequate plus

252 (76.8)

652 (79.5)

1957 (76.2)

3471 (71.0)

   

Reference

 Intermediate

28 (8.5)

53 (6.5)

270 (10.5)

696 (14.2)

0.6 (0.4, 0.8)

0.4 (0.3, 0.6)

0.8 (0.7, 0.9)

 

0.0050

<  0.0001

<  0.0001

 

 Inadequate

31 (9.5)

92 (11.2)

278 (10.8)

582 (11.9)

0.7 (0.5 1.1)

0.9 (0.7, 1.1)

0.9 (0.8, 1.0)

 

0.1256

0.1864

0.0886

 

Insurance status at birth

 Employer based insurance HMO or PPO

116 (35.4)

284 (34.6)

1011 (39.3)

1905 (39.0)

   

Reference

 Medi-Cal or public insurance

191 (58.2)

476 (58.1)

1377 (53.6)

2667 (54.5)

1.2 (0.9, 1.5)

1.2 (1.0, 1.4)

1.0 (0.9, 1.1)

 

0.1962

0.0391

0.6629

 

 Self-pay

a

14 (1.7)

24 (0.9)

38 (0.8)

 

2.1 (1.2, 3.5)

1.1 (0.7, 1.7)

 
 

0.0077

0.5937

 

 Other

17 (5.2)

46 (5.6)

158 (6.2)

281 (5.8)

1.0 (0.6, 1.7)

1.1 (0.8, 1.5)

1.0 (0.9, 1.2)

 

0.9812

0.6107

0.6622

 

Prior PTB

 Yes

34 (10.4)

63 (7.7)

72 (2.8)

76 (1.6)

7.3 (4.8, 11.2)

5.3 (3.7, 7.4)

1.8 (1.3, 2.5)

 

<  0.0001

<  0.0001

0.0003

 

 No

294 (89.6)

757 (92.3)

2498 (97.2)

4815 (98.5)

   

Reference

Preeclampsia

 Yes

122 (37.2)

267 (32.6)

421 (16.4)

304 (6.2)

6.7 (5.3, 8.3)

4.3 (3.8, 5.0)

1.8 (1.6, 2.0)

 

<  0.0001

<  0.0001

<  0.0001

 

 No

206 (62.8)

553 (67.4)

2149 (83.6)

4587 (93.8)

   

Reference

Smoking during pregnancy

 Yes

41 (12.5)

90 (11.0)

228 (8.9)

374 (7.7)

1.7 (1.2, 2.3)

1.4 (1.1, 1.7)

1.1 (1.0, 1.3)

 

0.0026

0.0029

0.1352

 

 No

287 (87.5)

730 (89.0)

2342 (91.1)

4517 (92.4)

   

Reference

Body mass index [BMI (kg/m2)]

 < 18.5

a

8 (1.0)

33 (1.3)

77 (1.6)

 

0.8 (0.4, 1.5)

1.0 (0.7, 1.4)

 
 

0.4303

0.9879

 

 18.5 to < 25

58 (17.7)

147 (17.9)

438 (17.0)

1026 (21.0)

   

Reference

 25 to < 30

69 (21.0)

179 (21.8)

578 (22.5)

1172 (24.0)

1.0 (0.7, 1.5)

1.1 (0.9, 1.3)

1.1 (1.0, 1.2)

 

0.8293

0.6170

0.1184

 

 30 to < 35

58 (17.7)

178 (21.7)

542 (21.1)

1023 (20.9)

1.0 (0.7, 1.4)

1.2 (1.0, 1.5)

1.2 (1.0, 1.3)

 

0.9881

0.1323

0.0228

 

 35 to < 40

61 (18.6)

133 (16.2)

408 (15.9)

651 (13.3)

1.6 (1.1, 2.3)

1.4 (1.1, 1.7)

1.3 (1.1, 1.4)

 

0.0103

0.0114

0.0002

 

> 40

53 (16.2)

139 (17.0)

431 (16.8)

679 (13.9)

1.4 (0.9, 2.0)

1.4 (1.1, 1.7)

1.3 (1.1, 1.5)

 

0.1114

0.0101

0.0001

 
  1. anot presented when n < 5