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Table 4 Crude and adjusted ORs (95% CI) for infant 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 (IMR)*

Crude OR (95%CI)

Adjusted OR (95%CI) ¹

Deaths/Births (IMR)*

Crude OR (95%CI)

Adjusted OR (95%CI) ¹

Deaths/Births (IMR)*

Crude OR (95%CI)

Adjusted OR (95%CI) ¹

P valuec

Deaths/Births (IMR)*

Crude OR (95%CI)2

Adjusted OR (95%CI) 3

Maternal age, y

         

0.563

   

< 16

4/65

(61.5)

2.0

(0.7; 5.5)

2.1

(0.7; 6.3)

1/106

(9.4)

0.5

(0.1; 3.8)

0.8

(0.1; 6.6)

5/112

(44.6)

2.4

(0.9; 6.1)

2.3

(0.8; 6.5)

 

10/283

(35.3)

1.6

(0.9; 3.2)

1.9

(0.96; 3.9)

16-19

39/843

(46.3)

1.5

(1.0; 2.1)

1.6

(1.1; 2.5)

16/804

(19.9)

1.1

(0.6; 1.9)

1.4

(0.8; 2.7)

18/680

(26.5)

1.4

(0.8; 2.4)

1.5

(0.8; 2.8)

 

73/2,327

(31.4)

1.3

(1.0; 1.8)

1.5

(1.1; 2.1)

20-29

109/3,380

(32.2)

1.0

1.0

50/2,754

(18.2)

1.0

1.0

40/2,062

(19.4)

1.0

1.0

 

199/8,196

(24.3)

1.0

1.0

P-value

 

0.093 a

0.030 b

0.059 a

0.019 b

 

0.713 a

0.888 b

0.522 a

0.449 b

 

0.189 a

0.073 b

0.259 a

0.101 b

  

0.057 a

0.017 b

0. 013 a

0.004 b

Maternal age, y

         

0.463

   

< 20

43/908

(47.4)

1.5

(1.0; 2.1)

1.7

(1.1; 2.5)

17/910

(18.7)

1.0

(0.6; 1.8)

1.4

(0.7; 2.6)

23/792

(29.0)

1.5

(0.9; 2.5)

1.6

(0.8; 2.9)

 

83/2,610

(31.8)

1.4

(1.1; 1.8)

1.6

(1.2; 2.1)

20-29

109/3,380

(32.2)

1.0

1.0

50/2,754

(18.2)

1.0

1.0

40/2,062

(19.4)

1.0

1.0

 

199/8,196

(24.3)

1.0

1.0

P-value

 

0.035 a

0.020 a

 

0.918 a

0.318 a

 

0.127 a

0.154 a

  

0.020 a

0.004 a

  1. Pelotas, Brazil, 1982, 1993, and 2004
  2. *IMR (infant mortality rate) = number of infant deaths per 1,000 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.