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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Aug 29.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Hum Biol. 2008 Sep-Oct;35(5):462–474. doi: 10.1080/03014460802311062

TABLE 4. Odds ratios for downward centile-crossing.

Odds Ratio Standard error z P value 95% CI
Uncomplicated pregnancies

1Maternal Height 0.05 0.03 -4.3 0.001 0.01- 0.19
1Maternal Weight 0.97 0.004 -7.3 0.001 0.96- 0.98
1Maternal BMI 0.94 0.01 -5.89 0.001 0.92- 0.96
Maternal smoking 1.27 0.15 1.96 0.05 1.00- 1.61
Primiparity 1.56 0.13 5.4 0.001 1.33- 1.84
Sex (female) 1.41 0.11 4.3 0.001 1.21- 1.65
2 Time to birth 0.80 0.03 -6.23 0.001 0.74-0.86

Preterm labor

1.47 0.26 2.19 0.03 1.04-2.07
1

Tertiles;

2

gestational age at birth minus gestational age at 24 week measurement.