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. 2012 Dec 27;7(12):e52780. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052780

Table 6. Risk factors for preterm birth.

Related factors β Waldχ2 P OR 95%CI
Unmarried 1.074 2.504 0.114 2.926 0.774–11.059
Community −0.505 8.590 0.003 0.603 0.430–0.846
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2) 8.175 0.043
<18.5 0.087 0.360 0.549 1.091 0.821–1.448
25–29.9 0.273 3.397 0.065 1.313 0.983–1.755
≥30.0 1.108 5.181 0.023 3.030 1.166–7.869
Balanced diet −0.629 27.227 0.000 0.533 0.421–0.675
Prenatal care −1.343 15.415 0.000 0.261 0.134–0.510
Stressful life events 1.711 14.807 0.000 5.535 2.315–13.231
Sex 0.515 14.068 0.000 1.674 1.279–2.191
Placenta previa 2.608 9.404 0.002 13.577 2.563–71.912
Home/office decorating 0.578 2.370 0.124 1.7783 0.854–3.722
Gestational diabetes mellitus 1.236 11.679 0.001 3.441 1.694–6.991
Hypertensive disorder complicating pregnancy 1.797 37.771 0.000 6.034 3.401–10.704
History of preterm birth 3.039 7.929 0.005 20.888 2.519–173.218
Reproductive abnormality 1.115 3.911 0.048 3.049 1.010–9.206