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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2012 Jun 1;22(8):581–586. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.04.015

Table 2.

Associations of Categories of 25-hydroxyvitamin D Concentration With Small-for-Gestational Age (vs. Appropriate-for-Gestational Age), Data From 1067 White and 236 Black Mother/Infant Pairs Enrolled in Project Viva.

Category of Second Trimester Plasma
25(OH)D (nmol/L) n=1113
n(SGA)/n Model 1 (unadjusted)
OR [95% CI]
Model 2a
OR [95% CI]
Model 3b
OR [95% CI]

<25 7/47 4.10 [1.63, 10.28] 4.42 [1.60, 12.23] 3.63 [1.24, 10.60]
25-<50 18/314 1.46 [0.77, 2.78] 1.51 [0.78, 2.92] 1.43 [0.73, 2.79]
50-<75 22/543 1.0 [reference] 1.0 [reference] 1.0 [reference]
≥75 6/229 0.61 [0.24, 1.53] 0.61 [0.24, 1.55] 0.62 [0.24, 1.56]
<25 vs. ≥25 3.93 [1.65, 9.34] 3.94 [1.51, 10.29] 3.17 [1.16, 8.63]
Category of Cord Plasma
25(OH)D (nmol/L) n=734
n(SGA)/n Model 1 [unadjusted]
OR [95% CI]
Model 2a
OR [95% CI]
Model 3b
OR [95% CI]

<25 9/84 5.11 [1.75, 14.90] 6.19 [1.82, 21.07] 4.84 [1.33, 17.66]
25-<50 9/337 1.18 [0.42, 3.38] 1.16 [0.40, 3.38] 1.07 [0.36, 3.16]
50-<75 6/261 1.0 [reference] 1.0 [reference] 1.0 [reference]
≥75 1/52 0.84 [0.10, 7.20] 0.85 [0.10, 7.38] 0.87 [0.10, 7.61]
<25 vs. ≥25 4.72 [2.00, 11.12] 5.68 [2.07, 15.56] 4.64 [1.61, 13.36]

Abbreviations: 25(OH)D, 25-nydroxyvitamin D; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; SGA, small-tor-gestational age

a

Adjusted for season of blood draw, maternal age and pre-pregnancy BMI;

b

Model 2 + adjustment for race