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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 3.

Adjusted ORs for primary placental pathologic, according to demographic and medical factors.a

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) .1079
 < 35 Reference Reference Reference Reference
 ≥35 0.55 (0.26, 1.18) 0.87 (0.58, 1.33) 1.64 (1.11, 2.41) 1.16 (0.74, 1.83)
PIR (%) .0864
 >200 Reference Reference Reference Reference
 100-200 1.03 (0.51, 2.10) 0.75 (0.44, 1.29) 0.79 (0.46, 1.36) 0.60 (0.32, 1.12)
 <100 1.93 (1.05, 3.56) 0.55 (0.32, 0.94) 1.03 (0.63, 1.69) 0.74 (0.40, 1.36)
Smoking during
pregnancy
.1343
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 1.64 (0.85, 3.14) 0.75 (0.41, 1.37) 1.32 (0.78, 2.24) 1.76 (1.00, 3.11)
Previous birth .0025
 None Reference Reference Reference Reference
 ≥1 0.44 (0.26, 0.74) 1.34 (0.94, 1.92) 0.67 (0.47, 0.96) 1.01 (0.68, 1.51)
Previous preterm birth .0218
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 0.50 (0.19, 1.30) 1.60 (1.10, 2.55) 1.17 (0.70, 1.94) 0.52 (0.26, 1.04)
Previous elective
termination
.0032
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 3.28 (1.89, 5.70) 0.67 (0.43, 1.04) 1.13 (0.74, 1.72) 1.20 (0.76, 1.89)
PIH .0659
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 0.93 (0.55, 1.58) 1.12 (0.77, 1.62) 1.44 (1.01, 2.07) 1.61 (1.10, 2.37)
Preeclampsia .1077
 No Reference Reference Reference Reference
 Yes 0.21 (0.02, 1.84) 1.22 (0.57, 2.58) 0.99 (0.47, 2.08) 0.55 (0.21, 1.42)
a

Adjusted for PIH, age, maternal smoking during pregnancy, PIR percent, and previous elective termination.