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Table 4 The association between SGA and maternal region of origin stratified SEIFA advantage, average, disadvantaged

From: Maternal region of origin and Small for gestational age: a cross-sectional analysis of Victorian perinatal data

SGA Stratified by Maternal SEIFA, OR (95%CI)

Maternal Region of Origin

SEIFA Advantaged

SEIFA Average

SEIFA Disadvantaged

Australia r

1

1

1

Americas

1.46 (1.22 to 1.75) ***

1.00 (0.80 to 1.26)

1.22 (0.98 to 1.54)

North & North East Africa, Middle East

1.64 (1.51 to 1.78) ***

1.58 (1.45 to 1.72) ***

1.51 (1.38 to 1.65) ***

Europe

1.10 (0.98 to 1.22)

1.02 (0.90 to 1.15)

0.94 (0.83 to 1.08)

Oceania, Antarctica

1.04 (0.89 to 1.23)

0.97 (0.81 to 1.14)

0.95 (0.81 to 1.10)

South East Asia

2.06 (1.88 to 2.60) ***

2.10 (1.92 to 2.30) ***

1.84 (1.68 to 2.01) ***

Southern Central Asia

2.71 (2.52 to 2.91) ***

2.65 (2.48 to 2.83) ***

2.54 (2.38 to 2.72) ***

Sub–Saharan Africa

1.83 (1.75 to 1.91) ***

1.89 (1.60 to 2.23) ***

1.75 (1.48 to 2.06) ***

  1. 1. Birthweight Adjusted for Sex and Gestational Age. 2. r reference. 3. ***p < 0.001. 4. Confounding variables included, marital status, maternal age group, parity, BMI, height group, smoking before or after 20 weeks gestation, gestational age at first visit, type 1 diabetes pre-existing hypertension, gestational diabetes -insulin, pre-eclampsia, HELLP syndrome, suspected FGR