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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Occup Environ Med. 2023 May 12;65(8):635–642. doi: 10.1097/JOM.0000000000002877

Table 3:

Odds ratios for associations between agricultural employment in household and adverse pregnancy outcomes in the analytical cohort (N=623,185)

Non-Agricultural Household n = 616,814 Agricultural Household n = 6,371 Odds Ratio (95% CI)

N events % events % Crude Adjusteda
PTB (<37 weeks) 605,671 36,741 6.5 352 5.7 0.86 (0.77, 0.96) 0.82 (0.74, 0.92)
LBW (≤2,500 g) 623,094 31,981 5.2 286 4.5 0.86 (0.76, 0.97) 0.85 (0.76, 0.96)
SGA (3rd percentile) 623,184 11,480 1.9 106 1.7 0.89 (0.74, 1.08) 0.93 (0.77, 1.13)
SGA (5th percentile) 623,184 21,381 3.5 205 3.2 0.93 (0.81, 1.06) 0.93 (0.81, 1.06)
SGA (10th percentile) 623,184 48,415 7.8 444 7.0 0.88 (0.80, 0.97) 0.91 (0.82, 1.00)
Postterm birth (≥41 weeks) 605,671 36,741 6.1 410 6.6 1.08 (0.98, 1.20) 1.20 (1.09, 1.33)
Grade 1 Macrosomia (≥4,000g) 623,094 46,543 7.5 537 8.4 1.13 (1.03, 1.23) 1.15 (1.05, 1.26)
Grade 2 Macrosomia (≥4,500g) 623,094 5,983 1.0 87 1.4 1.41 (1.14, 1.75) 1.38 (1.11, 1.71)
Grade 3 Macrosomia (≥5,000g) 623,094 570 0.1 10 0.2 1.70 (0.91, 3.18) 1.48 (0.79, 2.77)
LGA (90th percentile) 623,184 52,698 8.5 605 9.5 1.12 (1.03, 1.22) 1.14 (1.04, 1.24)
LGA (95th percentile) 623,184 26,163 4.2 338 5.3 1.26 (1.13, 1.41) 1.27 (1.13, 1.41)
LGA (97th percentile) 623,184 15,146 2.5 209 3.3 1.35 (1.17, 1.55) 1.33 (1.16, 1.53)
APGAR score at 5 min (≤7) 622,705 4,334 0.7 58 0.9 1.30 (1.00, 1.69) 1.39 (1.07, 1.81)

CI, confidence interval; LBW, Low birth weight; PTB, Preterm birth; LGA, Large for gestational age; SGA, Small for gestational age

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Adjusted for maternal age, education, ethnicity, number of living children, and diabetes.