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Table 3 The associations between “moderate or severe sleep complaints”, other pregnancy-related symptoms and other characteristics of the pregnant women

From: Sleep complaints in early pregnancy. A cross-sectional study among women attending prenatal care in general practice

 

N(%)

N(%) with significant sleep complaints

Unadjusted

Block I: Adjusted for age and sociodemographic characteristics

Block II: Adjusted for physical and mental health status and resources

Block III: Adjusted for reproductive background

Adjusted for all blocks

Variable

  

OR [95%CI]

OR [95%CI]

OR [95%CI]

OR [95%CI]

OR [95%CI]

Nausea

1182 (88.34%)

259 (93.50%)

2.15 [1.29–3.58]

2.07 [1.23–3.49]

1.57 [0.92–2.69]

2.19 [1.31–3.65]

1.56 [0.90–2.72]

Pelvic cavity pain

755 (56.43%)

189 (68.23%)

1.88 [1.42–2.49]*

1.82 [1.36–2.43]*

1.65 [1.22–2.24]

1.87 [1.41–2.50]*

1.61 [1.17–2.21]

Vomiting

527 (39.39%)

117 (42.24%)

1.16 [0.89–1.52]

1.10 [0.83–1.45]

0.89 [0.66–1.20]

1.14 [0.87–1.49]

0.83 [0.61–1.14]

Back pain

483 (36.10%)

132 (47.65%)

1.84 [1.41–2.41]*

1.75 [1.32–2.31]*

1.39 [1.03–1.87]

1.83 [1.39–2.39]*

1.36 [1.00–1.84]

Pelvic girdle pain

438 (32.74%)

119 (42.96%)

1.75 [1.34–2.30]*

1.69 [1.28–2.24]*

1.42 [1.06–1.92]

1.75 [1.33–2.30]*

1.41 [1.03–1.92]

Vulvar itching

240 (17.94%)

56 (20.22%)

1.21 [0.87–1.69]

1.18 [0.84–1.66]

1.02 [0.70–1.47]

1.23 [0.88–1.72]

1.02 [0.70–1.49]

Vaginal bleeding

230 (17.19%)

60 (21.66%)

1.45 [1.04–2.01]

1.44 [1.03–2.02]

1.44 [1.01–2.07]

1.45 [1.04–2.02]

1.43 [0.99–2.08]

Pregnancy itching

210 (15.70%)

44 (15.88%)

1.02 [0.71–1.46]

0.92 [0.63–1.33]

0.91 [0.61–1.35]

1.00 [0.69–1.44]

0.82 [0.55–1.24]

Leg cramp

112 (8.37%)

34 (12.27%)

1.76 [1.15–2.70]

1.63 [1.04–2.55]

1.36 [0.84–2.18]

1.77 [1.15–2.72]

1.32 [0.80–2.17]

Uterine contractions

41 (3.06%)

11 (3.97%)

1.42 [0.70–2.87]

1.60 [0.77–3.32]

1.42 [0.65–3.10]

1.55 [0.76–3.20]

1.68 [0.74–3.80]

Varicose veins

31 (2.32%)

7 (2.53%)

1.12 [0.48–2.63]

1.30 [0.54–3.09]

0.92 [0.36–2.35]

1.26 [0.53–2.99]

1.15 [0.43–3.05]

  1. The associations between sleep complaints and a number of other pregnancy-related symptoms among the 277 women who reported one or more “moderate or severe sleep complants”. For each pregnancy-related symptom the results of five logistic regression analyses are reported: unadjusted, adjusted separately for age and sociodemographic characteristics (Block I), adjusted for physical and mental health status and resources (Block II), adjusted for reproductive background (Block III), and adjusted for all three blocks simultaneously. Associations with a p-value < 0.001 were considered statistically significant and marked with *
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