Table 4.
Significant Life Events Experienced by Pregnant Women During the 12 Months Prior to Delivery (Factor Summary), by Stillbirth Case Status and Race/Ethnicity, SCRN Study, March 2006–September 2008
| Characteristic | Race/Ethnicity |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White, Non-Hispanic |
Black, Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic |
Other |
All |
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| SB, % (n = 205)a | LB, % (n = 613)a | cOR | 95% CI | SB, % (n = 142)a | LB, % (n = 152)a | cOR | 95% CI | SB, % (n = 223)a | LB, % (n = 484)a | cOR | 95% CI | SB, % (n = 44)a | LB, % (n = 105)a | cOR | 95% CI | aOR | 95% CI | |
| SLE factorb | ||||||||||||||||||
| Financial | 36.2 | 24.1 | 1.79 | 1.25, 2.57 | 48.1 | 39.8 | 1.40 | 0.90, 2.19 | 34.9 | 28.2 | 1.36 | 0.97, 1.92 | 39.3 | 35.8 | 1.16 | 0.55, 2.47 | 1.49 | 1.21, 1.84 |
| Emotional | 44.4 | 37.2 | 1.35 | 0.97, 1.88 | 45.7 | 50.8 | 0.82 | 0.52, 1.27 | 42.1 | 37.1 | 1.23 | 0.89, 1.71 | 46.5 | 40.1 | 1.30 | 0.62, 2.72 | 1.19 | 0.97, 1.45 |
| Traumatic | 48.6 | 46.1 | 1.11 | 0.80, 1.53 | 44.5 | 40.2 | 1.20 | 0.76, 1.87 | 47.3 | 35.5 | 1.63 | 1.18, 2.26 | 49.3 | 41.2 | 1.39 | 0.67, 2.86 | 1.32 | 1.08, 1.60 |
| Partner- related | 41.1 | 34.1 | 1.35 | 0.96, 1.90 | 53.8 | 49.6 | 1.18 | 0.76, 1.85 | 46.5 | 40.2 | 1.29 | 0.93, 1.78 | 48.9 | 42.2 | 1.31 | 0.64, 2.69 | 1.29 | 1.06, 1.58 |
| No. of SLE factors | ||||||||||||||||||
| 0 | 18.7 | 25.4 | 1.00 | Referent | 15.5 | 15.8 | 1.00 | Referent | 19.2 | 28.7 | 1.00 | Referent | 11.9 | 24.2 | 1.00 | Referent | 1.00 | Referent |
| 1 | 29.1 | 31.8 | 1.24 | 0.79, 1.96 | 21.7 | 30.1 | 0.73 | 0.34, 1.57 | 29.0 | 27.4 | 1.58 | 0.99, 2.53 | 30.4 | 24.3 | 2.53 | 0.80, 8.00 | 1.32 | 0.99, 1.76 |
| 2 | 23.9 | 25.3 | 1.28 | 0.79, 2.08 | 30.4 | 22.4 | 1.39 | 0.65, 2.94 | 24.3 | 24.0 | 1.51 | 0.93, 2.44 | 29.1 | 25.7 | 2.30 | 0.71, 7.43 | 1.47 | 1.09, 1.97 |
| 3 | 19.8 | 11.2 | 2.40 | 1.38, 4.16 | 20.2 | 21.5 | 0.95 | 0.44, 2.08 | 16.9 | 14.3 | 1.77 | 1.04, 3.01 | 18.9 | 19.3 | 1.99 | 0.57, 6.89 | 1.77 | 1.28, 2.47 |
| 4 | 8.6 | 6.4 | 1.82 | 0.89, 3.74 | 12.2 | 10.1 | 1.23 | 0.50, 3.02 | 10.6 | 5.6 | 2.84 | 1.47, 5.50 | 9.6 | 6.5 | 3.01 | 0.71, 12.8 | 2.08 | 1.39, 3.13 |
Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; cOR, crude OR; LB, livebirths; OR, odds ratio; SB, stillbirths; SCRN, Stillbirth Collaborative Research Network; SLE, significant life event.
a Results shown are weighted for the study design and differential consent based on characteristics recorded in the screened population. The weighted sample sizes shown are for women with a maternal interview and chart abstraction. Unweighted sample sizes were 614 and 1,816 for stillbirths and livebirths, respectively. Weighted sample sizes varied slightly for the SLE characteristics shown—specifically, from 604 to 608 for stillbirths and from 1,331 to 1,339 for livebirths.
b For these dichotomous variables (i.e., an SLE factor), the odds ratios presented are for persons with the characteristic described versus those without it.