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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2013 Dec 23;38(6):878–882. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2013.244

Table 2.

Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for congenital heart defects by categories of body mass index (BMI) among 121815 pregnancies in the Consortium on Safe Labor

Total (n) Cases (n) Crude Multivariable *
OR (95%CI) P value OR (95% CI) P value
p-value for trend test=<.001 p-value for trend test=<.001
Underweight
<18.5kg/m2 6268 72 1.11 (0.87–1.42) 0.405 1.08 (0.85–1.38) 0.529
Normal Weight
18.5–<25 kg/m2 62813 651 1.00 (ref) n/a 1.00 (ref) n/a
Overweight
25–<30 kg/m2 28871 352 1.18 (1.03–1.34) 0.014 1.15 (1.01–1.32) 0.033
Obese
30–<40 kg/m2 19718 255 1.25 (1.08–1.45) 0.003 1.24 (1.07–1.44) 0.005
Morbidly Obese
40+kg/m2 4145 58 1.36 (1.03–1.78) 0.028 1.34 (1.02–1.76) 0.036
All Obese
30+kg/m2 23863 313 1.27 (1.11, 1.45) 0.001 1.26 (1.09–1.44) 0.001
*

adjusted for site, age, race, insurance, maternal smoking