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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Oct 14.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2008 Jan 7;66(6):1310–1321. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.11.039

TABLE 4.

Associations between psychosocial measures ascertained at mid-pregnancy and preterm delivery subtypes; adjusted odds ratiosd

Term (referent group) PTD: Medically Indicated
PTD: Premature Rupture of Membranes
PTD: Spontaneous Preterm Labor
No.
No.
AOR
95% CI
No.
AOR
95% CI
No.
AOR
95% CI
Anomieb
 Medicaid (+)
  Non-Hispanic White 627 23 0.7 (0.5, 1.0) 18 1.1 (0.8, 1.4) 37 1.0 (0.8, 1.3)
  African American 496 27 1.1 (0.9, 1.4) 23 1.1 (0.9, 1.5) 41 1.1 (0.9, 1.3)
 Medicaid (-)
  Non-Hispanic White 1186 38 1.1 (0.8, 1.4) 38 1.3 (1.0, 1.6) 39 1.1 (0.9, 1.4)
  African American 124 7 1.8a (1.2, 2.6) 5 1.3 (0.9, 2.0) 7 1.2 (0.8, 2.0)
Hostilityc
 Medicaid (+) 1131 51 1.0 (0.9, 1.2) 41 0.9 (0.8, 1.1) 78 1.0 (0.9, 1.2)
 Medicaid (-) 1313 46 1.1 (1.0, 1.3) 44 1.0 (0.9, 1.2) 46 1.3a (1.1, 1.5)
a

p<0.05

b

Adjusted for maternal age and education (categorical): Anomie data missing for 23 women. Medicaid data missing for 3 women. One woman missing both Medicaid and anomie data.

c

Adjusted for maternal race/ethnicity, age and education (categorical): Hostility data missing for 9 women. Medicaid data missing for 3 women. One woman missing both hostility and Medicaid data.

d

Odds ratio for one unit increase in score