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. 2008 Nov 10;169(1):33–40. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwn293

Table 3.

Multivariate-adjusted Interaction Between Maternal Smoking and Preeclampsia on the Risk of Preterm Delivery Before 37 Weeks’ Gestation in 674,250 Singleton Pregnancies in New York City Between 1995 and 2003

Level of Smoking by Preeclampsia Interaction Total Preeclampsia Cases Isolated Preeclampsia Chronic Hypertension With Preeclampsia
aORa 95% CI aORa 95% CI aORa 95% CI
Nonsmoker and no preeclampsia 1.00 1.00 1.00
Smoker only 1.76 1.69, 1.82 1.75 1.69, 1.82 1.73 1.67, 1.94
Preeclampsia only 4.59 4.30, 4.57 4.13 4.00, 4.27 7.94 7.40, 8.53
Smoker and preeclampsiab 3.99 3.46, 4.59 3.46 2.94, 4.08 6.22 4.67, 8.30

Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

a

The multivariate model included race/ethnicity, maternal age, maternal smoking, maternal education, parity, preeclampsia subtype, prepregnancy weight, year of birth, presence of gestational diabetes, and smoking-by-preeclampsia-subtype product term.

b

The 1-df Wald chi-square interaction P values: all preeclampsia (P < 0.001), isolated preeclampsia (P < 0.001), and chronic hypertension with preeclampsia (P < 0.001).