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. 2009 Sep 9;297(5):R1477–R1485. doi: 10.1152/ajpregu.00275.2009

Table 5.

Model for logistic regression assessing risk of still birth, preterm, and small-for-gestational age according to maternal hemoglobin value in pregnant women at Peruvian low altitudes: 2003–2006

Hemoglobin, g/dl Stillbirths (64)
Preterms (539)
SGA (721)
n % OR Adjusted n % OR Adjusted n % OR Adjusted
(CI at 95%) CI at 95% (CI at 95%) CI at 95% (CI at 95%) CI at 95%
<9 2 0.88 1.41 29 12.83 1.85 34 15.04 1.79
(0.10–0.31) 0.32–6.13 (8.76–17.9) 1.18–2.90 (10.6–20.3) 1.21–2.64
9–10.9 28 1.09 1.73 166 6.44 1.08 207 8.03 0.91
(0.72–1.56) 1.01–2.96 (5.52–7.45) 0.89–1.33 (7.0–9.14) 0.76–1.09
11.0–12.9 30 0.61 1.00 297 5.99 1.00 422 8.51 1.00
(0.40–0.86) (5.34–6.68) (7.75–9.32)
13.0–14.4* 4 0.63 1.09 46 7.26 1.22 57 8.99 1.10
(0.17–1.60) 0.38–3.26 (5.36–4.55) 0.88–1.70 (6.88–11.4) 0.82–1.47

Model adjusted by age, educational status, body mass index, parity, gestational hypertension, health care, and previous perinatal mortality. n = number of cases with fetal adverse outcome. Trimester of gestational age at first hemoglobin measurement was controlled.

*

Number of pregnancies and adverse outcomes with Hb >14 too small to analyze.