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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jan 31.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Work Health Care. 2009 Jan;48(1):90–103. doi: 10.1080/00981380802451210

Table 3. Adjusted Odds Ratios* for Selected Infant and Maternal Outcomes by Study Group.

Odds Ratios (95% CI, p-value)
Outcome ESP vs C ES vs C ESP vs ES
Neonatal outcomes
 Assisted ventilation 0.80 (0.19-3.35; 0.75) 0.05 (0.00-2.34; 0.12) 5.58 (0.49-64.72; 0.16)
 Low birth weight
(<2500gm)
0.49 (0.20-1.25; 0.12) 0.28 (0.10-0.80; 0.02) 0.91 (0.29-2.83; 0.86)
 Preterm delivery
(<35 wks)
0.08 (0.00-1.99; 0.11) 0.30 (0.05-1.82; 0.17) 0.37 (0.03-5.25; 0.43)
 NICU admission 0.78 (0.20-2.97; 0.70) 0.65 (0.16-2.64; 0.52) 1.24 (0.38-4.01; 0.70)
 Rehospitalization 0.27 (0.04-1.77; 0.16) 0.62 (0.17-2.29; 0.44) 1.95 (0.43-8.94; 0.36)
Maternal outcomes
 Preterm labor 0.44 (0.20-0.97; 0.04) 0.55 (0.27-1.14; 0.10) 0.91 (0.36-2.31; 0.84)
 Preeclampsia 0.70 (0.27-1.79; 0.42) 0.54 (0.21-1.40; 0.19) 1.47 (0.58-3.74; 0.39)

ESP, Early Start Plus; ES, Early Start; C, Control; NICU, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

*

Estimated from Non-linear mixed models (SAS procedure NLMIXED) regressions coefficients, controlled for maternal age, ethnicity, marital status, and maternal education

Within 2 weeks of birth/delivery discharge