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Table 3 Crude and adjusted ORs (95% CI) for perinatal mortality by maternal age

From: Childbearing during adolescence and offspring mortality: findings from three population-based cohorts in southern Brazil

 

1982

1993

2004

 

Pooled cohorts

 

Deaths/Births (PMR)*

Crude OR (95%CI)

Adjusted OR (95%CI) ¹

Deaths/Births (PMR)*

Crude OR (95%CI)

Adjusted OR (95%CI) ¹

Deaths/Births (PMR)*

Crude OR (95%CI)

Adjusted OR (95%CI) ¹

P valuec

Deaths/Births (PMR)*

Crude OR (95%CI)2

Adjusted OR (95%CI) 3

Maternal age, y

         

0.859

   

< 16

2/65

(30.8)

1.2

(0.4; 8.7)

1.9

(0.4; 8.7)

2/108

(18.5)

1.0

(0.2; 4.2)

0.8

(0.2; 3.4)

5/113

(44.2)

2.6

(1.0; 6.6)

1.7

(0.5; 5.0)

 

9/286

(31.5)

1.9

(1.0; 3.8)

1.4

(0.7; 2.9)

16-19

23/852

(27.0)

1.0

(0.6; 1.6)

1.1

(0.6; 2.2)

14/810

(17.3)

0.9

(0.5; 1.7)

0.8

(0.4; 1.5)

10/685

(14.6)

0.8

(0.4; 1.7)

0.7

(0.3; 1.5)

 

47/2,347

(20.0)

1.0

(0.7; 1.4)

0.8

(0.6; 1.2)

20-29

90/3,424

(26.3)

1.0

1.0

51/2,779

(18.4)

1.0

1.0

37/2,079

(17.8)

1.0

1.0

 

178/8,282

(21.5)

1.0

1.0

P-value

 

0.972 a

0.707 a

 

0.979 a

0.752a

 

0.163 a

0.265 a

  

0.241 a

0.373 a

  

0.838 b

0.475 b

 

0.885 b

0.474 b

 

0.376 b

0.887 b

  

0.313 b

0.934 b

Maternal age, y

         

0.725

   

< 20

25/917

(27.3)

1.0

(0.7; 1.6)

1.2

(0.6; 2.3)

16/918

(17.4)

0.9

(0.9; 1.7)

0.8

(0.4; 1.5)

15/798

(18.8)

1.1

(0.6; 1.9)

0.8

(0.4; 1.7)

 

56/2,633

(21.3)

1.1

(0.8; 1.5)

0.9

(0.6; 1.3)

20-29

90/3,424

(23.4)

1.0

1.0

51/2,779

(18.4)

1.0

1.0

37/2,079

(17.8)

1.0

1.0

 

178/8,282

(21.5)

1.0

1.0

P-value

 

0.870 a

0.599 a

 

0.855 a

0.451 a

 

0.858 a

0.545 a

  

0.625 a

0.540 a

  1. Pelotas, Brazil, 1982, 1993, and 2004
  2. * PMR (perinatal mortality rate) = number of perinatal deaths per 1,000 births (stillbirths and live births).
  3. a Likelihood ratio test.
  4. b Likelihood ratio test for trend.
  5. c Likelihood ratio test for interaction.
  6. ¹ Adjusted for family income, maternal schooling, maternal skin color, marital status, and parity.
  7. 2 Adjusted for cohort year.
  8. 3 Adjusted for variables in model 1 plus model 2.