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. 2023 Apr 18;12(1):e570. doi: 10.21106/ijma.570

Table 2.

Association between SDOH issues (exposure) and maternal obesity (outcome)

N=12,106,775

OR (95% CI) p-value
SDOH issues

 No reference

 Yes 1.15 (1.05-1.35) <0.01

Race/Ethnicity

 NH-White reference

 NH-Black 1.56 (1.50-1.61) <0.01

 Hispanic 1.09 (1.05-1.15) <0.01

 NH-Other 0.69 (0.66-0.73) <0.01

Age

 <25 years reference

 25-34 years 1.03 (0.94-1.13) 0.12

 35-49 years 1.34 (1.32-1.36) <0.01

Discharge Status

 Routine reference

 Transfer 0.94 (0.87-1.00) 0.05

 Died 0.73 (0.48-1.11) 0.14

 DAMA 0.85 (0.79-0.91) <0.01

 Other 1.54 (1.43-1.65) <0.01

Zip Income quartile

 Lowest quartile reference

 2nd quartile 0.94 (0.92-0.97) <0.01

 3rd quartile 0.89 (0.86-0.91) <0.01

 Highest quartile 0.64 (0.61-0.66) <0.01

Primary Payer

 Medicare reference

 Medicaid 0.73 (0.69-0.77) <0.01

 Private Insurance 0.61 (0.58-0.65) <0.01

 Self-Pay 0.43 (0.40-0.46) <0.01

Hospital Characteristics

Hospital Region

 Northeast reference

 Midwest 1.11 (1.02-1.20) 0.03

 South 1.07 (0.98-1.16) 0.16

 West 1.19 (1.09-1.29) 0.13

Hospital Bed Size

 Small reference

 Medium 0.93 (0.87-0.99) 0.02

 Large 1.09 (1.03-1.16) <0.01

Hospital Location and Teaching Status

 Rural reference

 Urban non- teaching 1.15 (1.07-1.23) <0.01

 Urban teaching 1.41 (1.33-1.50) <0.01

Results obtained from survey logistic regression with SDOH issues as the exposure and maternal obesity as the outcome, while adjusting for covariates such as maternal age, race/ethnicity, discharge status, zip code income quartile, primary payer, hospital’s location, teaching status, region and bed size; SDOH - Social Determinants of Health NH – non-Hispanic; DAMA – discharged against medical advice