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. 2013 May 3;13:103. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-103

Table 1.

Description of the sample; unadjusted and adjusted odds ratios for the effect of each risk factor on late antenatal booking

Risk factor
n
%
Unadjusted analysis
Adjusted analysis *
 
 
 
 
n = 20,135
n = 19,316
        OR [95% CI] OR [95% CI]
Self-Defined Ethnicity
British (White)
3,875
19.25
1.00
 
1.00
 
 
African (except Somali)
2,715
13.48
2.03
[1.83, 2.25]
1.56
[1.38, 1.77]
Somali
480
2.38
3.11
[2.56, 3.77]
1.58
[1.28, 1.96]
Caribbean
591
2.94
1.44
[1.20, 1.73]
1.33
[1.09, 1.61]
Eastern European
2,531
12.57
1.90
[1.71, 2.11]
1.49
[1.32, 1.69]
Other White
395
1.96
1.34
[1.08, 1.67]
1.04
[0.82, 1.32]
Bangladeshi (inc British)
2,867
14.24
1.55
[1.40, 1.72]
1.20
[1.07, 1.34]
Indian (inc British)
1,842
9.15
1.34
[1.19, 1.51]
1.11
[0.97, 1.26]
Pakistani (inc. British)
3,109
15.44
1.35
[1.22, 1.50]
1.16
[1.04, 1.29]
Other Asian
957
4.75
1.58
[1.37, 1.83]
1.16
[0.97, 1.40]
Other
685
3.4
1.64
[1.38, 1.94]
1.16
[0.98, 1.36]
Missing values
88
0.44
 
 
 
 
Age at booking (years)
<20
980
4.87
1.37
[1.20, 1.58]
1.32
[1.13, 1.54]
 
20-24
4,578
22.74
1.00
 
1.00
 
25-29
7,137
35.45
0.73
[0.67, 0.79]
0.75
[0.69, 0.82]
30-34
4,811
23.89
0.71
[0.65, 0.77]
0.72
[0.65, 0.79]
35-39
2,070
10.28
0.75
[0.68, 0.84]
0.68
[0.60, 0.78]
≥40
551
2.74
0.83
[0.69, 0.99]
0.71
[0.58, 0.88]
Missing values
8
0.04
 
 
 
 
Parity
No previous live births
9,815
48.75
1.10
[1.02, 1.18]
0.99
[0.92, 1.07]
1 previous live birth
5,517
27.4
1.00
 
1.00
 
2 previous live births
2,763
13.72
1.14
[1.04, 1.25]
1.17
[1.06, 1.30]
3 previous live births
1,167
5.8
1.34
[1.18, 1.52]
1.43
[1.24, 1.64]
4+ previous live births
854
4.24
2.06
[1.78, 2.39]
2.09
[1.77, 2.46]
Missing values
19
0.09
 
 
 
 
Woman’s occupation
Managerial/professional
2,444
12.14
1.00
 
1.00
 
 
Lower supervisory/technical
2,492
12
1.12
[0.99, 1.27]
1.01
[0.88, 1.15]
Semi-routine & routine
3,319
16.48
1.59
[1.42, 1.79]
1.15
[1.02, 1.31]
Self-employed
177
0.88
2.22
[1.63, 3.02]
1.52
[1.09, 2.11]
Housewife
6,968
34.61
1.85
[1.67, 2.05]
1.25
[1.11, 1.41]
Unclassifiable
4,735
23.52
2.34
[2.10, 2.60]
1.59
[1.42, 1.80]
Missing values
0
0
 
 
 
 
Language ability
English speaker
13,466
66.88
1.00
 
1.00
 
Non-English speaker
6,539
32.48
1.51
[1.42, 1.60]
1.39
[1.29, 1.50]
Missing values
130
0.65
 
 
 
 
Birthplace
Born in the UK
4,464
22.17
1.00
 
1.00
 
Born outside the UK
15,666
77.8
1.52
[1.41, 1.63]
1.33
[1.21, 1.46]
Missing values
5
0.02
 
 
 
 
Housing status
Owner-occupier
3,752
18.63
1.00
 
1.00
 
Rented
14,060
69.83
1.65
[1.52, 1.78]
1.36
[1.25, 1.48]
Temporary accommodation
344
1.71
2.54
[2.03, 3.18]
1.71
[1.35, 2.16]
Other
1,281
6.36
2.51
[2.20, 2.86]
1.94
[1.68, 2.22]
Missing values
698
3.47
 
 
 
 
Year of Booking
2008
6,476
32.16
1.00
 
1.00
 
2009
6,450
32.03
0.60
[0.56, 0.65]
0.62
[0.57, 0.66]
2010
6,775
33.65
0.45
[0.42, 0.49]
0.48
[0.44, 0.52]
2011
434
2.16
0.50
[0.41, 0.62]
0.53
[0.44, 0.66]
  Missing values 0 0        

OR, Odds ratio; CI, Confidence interval.

* Each variable adjusted for all other variables in the model.