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Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios for adverse outcomes, by reproductive health risk factor categories

From: The associations of parity and maternal age with small-for-gestational-age, preterm, and neonatal and infant mortality: a meta-analysis

 

Nulliparous / Age <18

Nulliparous / Age 18-<35

Parity ≥3 / Age 18-<35

Parity ≥3 / Age ≥35

Outcome

N*

aOR

95% CI

N*

aOR

95% CI

N*

aOR

95% CI

N*

aOR

95% CI

SGA (reference: AGA)

14

1.80

1.62, 2.01

14

1.51

1.39, 1.64

14

0.92

0.86, 0.99

13

0.98

0.87, 1.09

Preterm (reference: term)

14

1.52

1.40, 1.66

14

1.09

0.99, 1.21

14

1.20

1.06, 1.35

12

1.43

1.21, 1.69

Term-SGA (reference: term-AGA)

14

1.81

1.51, 2.16

14

1.64

1.46, 1.85

14

0.88

0.81, 0.96

13

1.06

0.93, 1.20

Preterm-AGA (reference: term-AGA)

13

1.75

1.56, 1.98

13

1.30

1.09, 1.54

13

1.13

0.98, 1.30

12

1.39

1.16, 1.65

Preterm-SGA (reference: term-AGA)

11

3.14

2.18, 4.53

14

2.67

1.97, 3.61

13

1.07

0.83, 1.38

12

1.24

1.06, 1.44

Neonatal Mortality

12

2.07

1.69, 2.54

13

1.28

1.07, 1.51

12

1.30

1.11, 1.51

10

1.66

1.23, 2.23

Infant Mortality

8

1.49

1.13, 1.97

8

1.11

0.82, 1.52

8

1.40

1.04, 1.89

8

1.36

0.92, 2.03

  1. *N=number of studies included in the meta-analysis
  2. Controlled for socioeconomic and maternal nutritional variables from Supplemental Table 1 in Additional file 1.
  3. Reference exposure: parity 1-2 / Age 18-<35.
  4. SGA = small-for-gestational-age, defined as below the 10th percentile of the U.S. 1991 reference distribution described by Alexander and colleagues [38]. AGA = appropriate-for-gestational-age. Preterm = below 37 completed weeks of gestation.
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