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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 18.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2010 Sep;116(3):653–658. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0b013e3181ed721d

Table 2.

Spontaneous preterm birth and preterm PROM prior to 37, 35 and 32 weeks’ gestation.*

Outcome Vitamins N=4,992 Placebo N=4,976 OR [95% CI] Adjusted OR# [95% CI]
SPB < 37 weeks 356 (7.1) 342 (6.9) 1.04 [0.89, 1.21] 1.05 [0.90, 1.22]
SPB < 35 weeks 177 (3.6) 185 (3.7) 0.95 [0.77, 1.17] 0.96 [0.77, 1.18]
SPB < 32 weeks 109 (2.2) 124 (2.5) 0.87 [0.67, 1.13] 0.88 [0.67, 1.14]
SPB due to preterm PROM <37 weeks 124 (2.5) 129 (2.6) 0.96 [0.75, 1.23] 0.96 [0.75, 1.23]
SPB due to preterm PROM <35 weeks 56 (1.1) 58 (1.2) 0.96 [0.66, 1.39] 0.97 [0.67, 1.40]
SPB due to preterm PROM <32 weeks 15 (0.3) 30 (0.6) 0.50 [0.27, 0.92] 0.50 [0.27, 0.93]
Preterm PROM <37 weeks 130 (2.6) 132 (2.7) 0.98 [0.77, 1.25] 0.98 [0.77, 1.26]
Preterm PROM <35 weeks 58 (1.2) 61 (1.2) 0.95 [0.66, 1.36] 0.95 [0.66, 1.37]
Preterm PROM <32 weeks 18 (0.4) 32 (0.6) 0.56 [0.31, 1.00] 0.56 [0.32, 1.00]
*

Presented as number (%). SPB total spontaneous preterm births (preterm PROM or preterm labor), preterm PROM preterm premature rupture of membranes.

#

Adjusted for race, smoking, baseline body mass index and center.