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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2008 Sep;199(3):256.e1–256.e9. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2008.06.055

TABLE 2.

Unadjusted ORs for primary placental pathologic condition, according to demographic and medical factors.

Variable P value for test of
association between
risk factor and
placental pathologic
condition
OR
AFIS (95% CI) Chronic villitis
(95% CI)
Maternal vascular
pathologic condition
(95% CI)
Fetal vascular
pathologic condition
(95% CI)
Age (y) .0573
 <35 Reference Reference Reference Reference
 ≥35 0.46 (0.23, 0.92) 0.99 (0.67, 1.45) 1.33 (0.93, 1.91) 1.25 (0.83, 1.87)
Race .1093
 White (including other) Reference Reference Reference Reference
 African American 1.59 (1.01, 2.50) 0.83 (0.57, 1.21) 1.28 (0.91, 1.81) 0.82 (0.54, 1.25)
Maternal education .3637
 ≤High school 1.51 (0.95, 2.41) 0.84 (0.58, 1.21) 1.05 (0.73, 1.51) 0.84 (0.56, 1.28)
 Some college 1.08 (0.64, 1.84) 0.72 (0.49, 1.07) 1.43 (1.01, 2.02) 1.08 (0.72, 1.61)
 ≥College Reference Reference Reference Reference
PIR (%) .0714
 <100 1.83 (1.08, 3.08) 0.56 (0.35, 0.92) 1.16 (0.78, 1.74) 0.77 (0.47, 1.26)
 100-199 1.39 (0.76, 2.54) 0.80 (0.50, 1.27) 0.86 (0.54, 1.37) 0.68 (0.39, 1.18)
 >200 Reference Reference Reference Reference
Mother’s marital status .0055
 Married 0.50 (0.33, 0.76) 1.40 (0.99, 1.99) 0.79 (0.58, 1.08) 1.17 (0.81, 1.71)
 Single, divorced
widowed, separated
Reference Reference Reference Reference
Body mass index (kg/m2) .3222
 <19.8 0.93 (0.51, 1.69) 0.86 (0.55, 1.34) 1.28 (0.85, 1.93) 1.58 (1.01, 2.46)
 19.8-26.0 Reference Reference Reference Reference
 26.1-29.0 0.45 (0.19, 1.07) 1.15 (0.73, 1.81) 1.35 (0.87, 2.35) 1.43 (0.87, 2.35)
 >29.0 1.08 (0.67, 1.74) 1.13 (0.80, 1.60) 1.14 (0.80, 1.62) 1.27 (0.86, 1.89)
Smoking during pregnancy 0.0842
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 1.81 (1.04, 3.17) 0.66 (0.39, 1.13) 1.35 (0.87, 2.10) 1.43 (0.88, 2.33)
Previous birth .1519
 None Reference Reference Reference Reference
 ≥1 0.67 (0.45, 1.01) 1.11 (0.82, 1.51) 0.79 (0.59, 1.06) 0.95 (0.68, 1.32)
Previous preterm birth .0128
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 0.46 (0.20, 1.07) 1.53 (1.01, 2.32) 1.15 (0.75, 1.78) 0.59 (0.32, 1.07)
Previous miscarriage .6872
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 0.71 (0.44, 1.15) 1.021 (0.74, 1.40) 1.07 (0.78, 1.46) 1.08 (0.76, 1.53)
Previous elective
termination
.0313
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 2.19 (1.42, 3.40) 0.74 (0.50, 1.09) 0.98 (0.68, 1.42) 1.14 (0.77, 1.69)
Chronic hypertension .0109
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 0.31 (0.10, 0.98) 0.93 (0.55, 1.59) 1.47 (0.92, 2.36) 1.95 (1.20, .018)
PIH .0073
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 0.75 (0.46, 1.22) 1.13 (0.81, 1.53) 1.48 (1.10, 2.01) 1.71 (1.22, 2.40)
Preeclampsia .0133
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 0.18 (0.03, 1.34) 1.05 (0.54, 2.06) 1.83 (1.02, 3.28) 1.12 (0.54, 2.32)
Prepregnancy diabetes
mellitus
.1097
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes Insufficient Data 1.22 (0.62, 2.41) 1.10 (0.54, 2.27) 0.46 (0.20, 1.03)
GDM .3450
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 0.47 (0.11, 1.96) 1.53 (0.78, 2.99) 1.45 (0.74, 2.83) 0.86 (0.36, 2.07)
Infant’s gender .2145
 Female Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Male 1.21 (0.81, 1.80) 0.91 (0.61, 1.07) 0.97 (0.73, 1.28) 0.78 (0.57, 1.07)