Table 4.
Direction of associations between maternal underweight and obesity and early and late medically-induced and spontaneous PTB compared to term births
Medically-induced PTB |
Spontaneous PTB |
|||
---|---|---|---|---|
Early | Late | Early | Late | |
Maternal underweight |
─ |
─ |
─ |
↑ |
Maternal obesity | ↑ | ↑ | ─ | ↓ |
─no association; ↑ = increased odds; ↓ = decreased odds.