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. 2012 Aug 29;2(4):e001178. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001178

Table 4.

Risks of giving birth to an infant small for gestational age (SGA) infant in second pregnancy by change of partner between pregnancies, when excluding first and second pregnancies with pre-eclampsia

SGA in second pregnancy
OR (95% CI)
SGA in first pregnancy Number Rates (%) Crude Adjusted* Fully adjusted†
 No
 Same partner 13556 4 Reference Reference Reference
 Different partner 1539 6.2 1.60 (1.52 to 1.69) 1.44 (1.35 to 1.54) 1.15 (1.07 to 1.24)
 Yes
 Same partner 9428 20.4 Reference Reference Reference
 Different partner 809 20.1 0.98 (0.91 to 1.06) 0.89 (0.81 to 0.98) 0.75 (0.67 to 0.84)

*Adjusted for interpregnancy interval.

Fully adjusted model. Adjustments were made for interpregnancy interval, maternal age, early pregnancy body mass index, height and smoking habits in second pregnancy, years of involuntary childlessness before second pregnancy, mother's country of birth and years of formal education and the year of second birth.