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. 2008 Dec;116(12):A519.

Table 7.

Crude and adjusted ORsa for preterm births < 30 weeks.

Exposure (entire pregnancy) Cases (n) Crude OR (95% CI) Adjustedb OR (95% CI)
NO–IDW (10 μg/m3) 241 1.15 (1.03–1.28) 1.18 (1.03–1.35)
NO–LUR (10 μg/m3) 235 1.09 (0.98–1.21) 1.06 (0.94–1.19)
NO2–IDW (10 μg/m3) 241 1.12 (0.94–1.33) 1.10 (0.91–1.34)
NO2–LUR (10 μg/m3) 235 1.15 (0.88–1.50) 1.09 (0.82–1.45)
CO–IDW (100 μg/m3) 192 1.06 (0.94–1.19) 1.04 (0.91–1.20)
PM2.5–IDW (1 μg/m3) 200 1.22 (1.01–1.48) 2.01 (1.38–2.92)
PM2.5–LUR (1μg/m3) 235 1.07 (0.99–1.14) 1.05 (0.97–1.13)
BC–LUR (10−5/m) 235 1.02 (0.92–1.14) 1.00 (0.90–1.11)
PM10–IDW (1 μg/m3) 241 1.17 (1.04–1.32) 1.18 (1.01–1.38)
SO2–IDW (1 μg/m3) 238 1.02 (0.97–1.07) 1.01 (0.95–1.06)

BC, black carbon.

a

ORs per standardized increases (in parentheses), roughly corresponding to interquartile range.

b

Adjusted for infant sex, First Nations status, parity, maternal age, maternal smoking during pregnancy, month–year of birth, income (quintile-census), maternal education (quartile-census).