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. 2011 Jan 4;26(2):165–180. doi: 10.1007/s10654-010-9542-5

Table 4.

Whole number weight that has been assigned to the adverse level of each separate risk factor for the construction of individual weighted risk scores

Risk factor Whole number weight
Age
 <20 years 1
 20–35 years 0
 ≥35 years 1
Ethnicity
 Dutch or western 0
 Moroccan 0
 Non-western Afro-African 2
 Antillean or Surinam Afro-African single 1
 Antillean or Surinam Afro-African other 2
 Non-western other 1
Educational level
 Primary 1
 Secondary or higher 0
Net income
 Euro <1,200 1
 Euro 1,200–2,200 0
 Euro ≥2,200 0
Occupation
 Non-working 1
 <20 h/week 0
 20–36 h/week 0
 ≥36 h/week 1
Marital status
 Single 1
 Married/living together 0
Consanguinity
 Yes 0
 No 0
Moved during pregnancy
 Yes 1
 No 0
BMI intake
 <20 1
 20–30 0
 ≥30 1
Smoking habits
 Yes, stopped after pregnancy recognition 1
 Yes, continued throughout pregnancy 2
 No 0
Alcohol consumption
 Yes but stopped after pregnancy recognition 0
 Yes, continued throughout pregnancy 0
 No 0
Recreational drug use
 Yes, during the periconception period 1
 Yes, continued throughout pregnancy 2
 No 0
Parity
 0 1
 1–3 0
 ≥3 1
Pregnancy planning
 Yes 0
 No 1
Folic acid use
 Yes 0
 No 1
Complications previous pregnancy
 Yes 1
 No 0
 Missing 0
Gestational age at booking
 <14 weeks 0
 ≥14 weeks 0
 Psychopathology
 Yes 1
 No 0
Comorbidity
 Yes 1
 No 0
Sexual transmittable diseases
 Yes 1
 No 0

The whole number weight was derived from literature estimates and exploratory analyses using our own cohort. [12, 41] The minimum weight assigned was 0; the maximum assigned weight was 2. Individual Weighted risk scores were computed by summarising the separate score