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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: BJOG. 2014 Apr 7;121(9):1080–1089. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.12628

Table 2.

Unadjusted percent and adjusteda risk of second pregnancy incident and recurrent small-for-gestational-age birth by second pregnancy characteristics, Consecutive Pregnancy Study, 2002–2010, n=25,241.

Second Pregnancy Risk Factors Incident SGAb Recurrent SGAb Pdifferenced
% RR (95% CI) Pc % RR (95% CI) Pc
Age, years .01 .35 .01
 14–19 (7.8) 1.48 (1.09, 2.02) (19.7) 0.75 (0.50, 1.12)
 20–24 (5.5) 1.21 (1.06, 1.39) (20.2) 0.89 (0.74, 1.08)
 25–29 (4.2) 1.00 (Referent) (20.6) 1.00 (Referent)
 30–34 (3.9) 0.94 (0.78, 1.14) (18.7) 0.93 (0.73, 1.19)
 35–49 (3.9) 0.91 (0.65, 1.27) (23.0) 1.21 (0.87, 1.70)
Race-ethnicity .20 .46 .21
 Non-Hispanic white (4.5) 1.00 (Referent) (20.0) 1.00 (Referent)
 Non-Hispanic black (12.1) 2.25 (1.26, 4.01) (30.4) 1.38 (0.75, 2.53)
 Hispanic (5.8) 1.03 (0.83, 1.28) (24.2) 1.01 (0.78, 1.30)
 Asian/Pacific Islander (6.0) 1.32 (0.92, 1.89) (17.6) 0.71 (0.44, 1.14)
 Other (3.2) 0.67 (0.22, 2.01) (23.5) 1.08 (0.51, 2.27)
Marital status .36 .97 .57
 Married (4.4) 1.00 (Referent) (19.8) 1.00 (Referent)
 Non-married (6.8) 1.10 (0.90, 1.35) (22.5) 1.00 (0.78, 1.29)
Insurance .52 .08 .30
 Private (4.4) 1.00 (Referent) (18.8) 1.00 (Referent)
 Public (5.6) 1.05 (0.91, 1.21) (23.4) 1.19 (0.98, 1.44)
Smoking during pregnancy .005 .01 .90
 No (4.5) 1.00 (Referent) (19.7) 1.00 (Referent)
 Yes (9.9) 1.64 (1.22, 2.19) (29.9) 1.59 (1.17, 2.17)
Alcohol during pregnancy .57 .94 .65
 No (4.6) 1.00 (Referent) (20.2) 1.00 (Referent)
 Yes (6.4) 1.14 (0.75, 1.73) (22.2) 0.98 (0.60, 1.60)
Short stature <.001 <.001 .20
 No (4.3) 1.00 (Referent) (17.8) 1.00 (Referent)
 Yes (6.4) 1.34 (1.16, 1.54) (26.6) 1.54 (1.31, 1.82)
Prepregnancy weight status <.001 .004 .77
 Underweight (7.8) 1.32 (1.07, 1.64) (30.9) 1.30 (1.03, 1.64)
 Normal weight (5.0) 1.00 (Referent) (21.2) 1.00 (Referent)
 Overweight (4.1) 0.91 (0.77, 1.06) (16.7) 0.84 (0.67, 1.05)
 Obese (3.3) 0.64 (0.52, 0.78) (14.6) 0.73 (0.55, 0.97)
Gestational weight gain adequacy <.001 <.001 .49
 Inadequate (7.4) 1.41 (1.22, 1.64) (28.1) 1.33 (1.10, 1.60)
 Within (5.1) 1.00 (Referent) (20.6) 1.00 (Referent)
 Excessive (3.2) 0.63 (0.54, 0.74) (13.3) 0.69 (0.55, 0.87)
Diabetes .11 .03 .13
 None (4.7) 1.00 (Referent) (20.4) 1.00 (Referent)
 Gestational (4.0) 0.82 (0.57, 1.19) (11.3) 0.48 (0.22, 1.01)
 Prepregnancy (3.0) 0.64 (0.35, 1.15) (21.4) 1.20 (0.67, 2.16)
Hypertension <.001 .48 .03
 Normotensive (4.5) 1.00 (Referent) (20.2) 1.00 (Referent)
 Gestational hypertension (6.4) 1.90 (1.35, 2.67) (20.8) 1.47 (0.94, 2.31)
 Preeclampsia (11.4) 3.14 (2.38, 4.13) (22.6) 1.34 (0.83, 2.17)
 Chronic hypertension (4.3) 1.24 (0.71, 2.17) (19.4) 1.25 (0.63, 2.44)
 Superimposed preeclampsia (8.9) 2.98 (1.28, 6.94) (25.0) 1.64 (0.39, 6.99)
Asthma .18 .91 .45
 No (4.6) 1.00 (Referent) (20.3) 1.00 (Referent)
 Yes (5.3) 1.16 (0.95, 1.41) (19.7) 1.02 (0.77, 1.33)
Thyroid disease .68 .99 .82
 No (4.7) 1.00 (Referent) (20.3) 1.00 (Referent)
 Yes (4.4) 1.06 (0.81, 1.40) (18.4) 1.00 (0.67, 1.51)
Depression or other mental health condition .16 .09 .03
 No (4.6) 1.00 (Referent) (20.6) 1.00 (Referent)
 Yes (5.6) 1.14 (0.96, 1.37) (17.8) 0.81 (0.62, 1.05)
Interpregnancy interval, months .07 .06 .47
 <12 (4.6) 0.96 (0.80, 1.14) (18.7) 0.91 (0.72, 1.14)
 12–<18 (4.7) 1.10 (0.92, 1.30) (18.1) 0.90 (0.71, 1.15)
 18–23 (4.3) 1.00 (Referent) (20.6) 1.00 (Referent)
 >23 (5.0) 1.17 (0.99, 1.40) (23.8) 1.18 (0.94, 1.47)

CI, confidence interval; RR, risk ratio; SGA, small-for-gestational-age.

a

Model adjusted for all characteristics shown in table.

b

SGA defined using the 10th percentile of a population-based reference.

c

P represents the global significance of the maternal characteristics within the respective recurrent or incident SGA group.

d

Pdifference represents the interaction between recurrent and incident SGA for the respective characteristic.