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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2012 Mar 3;22(4):233–238. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.02.006

Table 4.

Adjusted odds ratiosa for association between model covariates and antisecretory medication prescription (≥1/year) in young adulthood (ages 25.5–37.0 years)

OR (95% CI) P value
Sex
 Male Reference
 Female 1.56 (1.50–1.62) <0.001
Fetal Growth (SD)
 <−2 1.31 (1.18–1.45) <0.001
 −2 to <−1 1.09 (1.03–1.16) 0.02
 −1 to <0 1.03 (0.98–1.08) 0.22
 0 to <1 Reference
 1 to <2 1.00 (0.94–1.06) 0.96
 ≥2 0.97 (0.87–1.07) 0.53
Maternal Marital Status
 Married/cohabiting Reference
 Never married 1.08 (1.01–1.15) 0.02
 Divorced/widowed 1.23 (1.17–1.30) <0.001
 Unknown 0.72 (0.51–1.01) 0.06
Maternal Education (years)
 Compulsory HS or less (≤9) 1.35 (1.27–1.44) <0.001
 Practical HS or some theoretical HS (10–11) 1.22 (1.16–1.29) <0.001
 Theoretical HS and/or college (≥12) Reference
 Unknown 1.57 (1.16–2.13) 0.003
Family Income
 Lowest quartile 1.30 (1.23–1.38) <0.001
 Second quartile 1.11 (1.05–1.18) <0.001
 Third quartile 1.08 (1.02–1.15) 0.007
 Highest quartile Reference

Abbreviation: HS = High school.

a

The model included gestational age at birth, birth date (as a continuous variable), sex, fetal growth, maternal marital status, maternal education, and family income.