Skip to main content

Table 3 Factors associated with preterm delivery (N = 500)

From: Association between lower uterine wall thickness measured at 18–22 weeks of gestation and risk of Preterm Birth: a prospective cohort study

Factors

Mean ± SD or n (%)

Univariate analysis

Multivariate analysis

Term

(n = 436)

Preterm

(n = 64)

p -value

Crude OR

(95% CI)

p -value

Adjust OR (95% CI)

Age (years)

  18–24.9

117 (88.6)

15 (11.4)

 

1

  

  25–34.9

199 (87.7)

28 (12.3)

0.785

1.10

(0.56, 2.14)

  

  ≥ 35

120 (85.1)

21 (14.9)

0.390

1.37

(0.67, 2.78)

  

Parity

  0

252 (88.4)

33 (11.6)

 

1

 

1

  ≥ 1

184 (85.6)

31 (14.4)

0.348

1.29

(0.76, 2.18)

0.359

1.29

(0.75, 2.22)

BMI (kg/m 2 )

  ≤ 18

50 (90.9)

5 (9.1)

 

1

 

1

  18–25

300 (88.0)

41 (12.0)

0.530

1.37

(0.52, 3.63)

0.627

1.28

(0.48, 3.42)

  > 25

86 (82.7)

18 (17.3)

0.168

2.09

(0.73, 5.98)

0.205

2.00

(0.69, 5.81)

LUW thickness

  ≥ 4.5 mm

405 (88.0)

55 (12.0)

 

1

 

1

  < 4.5 mm

31 (77.5)

9 (22.5)

0.061

2.14

(0.97, 4.73)

0.037

2.37

(1.05, 5.32)