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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Aug 19.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2013 May;24(3):379–386. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3182873a73

TABLE 3.

Associations of Trimester-Specific Prenatal Active and Passive Smoking with Preeclampsia and with Gestational Hypertension in the Norwegian Mother and Child Birth Cohort

Smoking Classifications Preeclampsia
Gestational Hypertension
Total No. Model 1a
Model 2b
Total No. Model 3d
Model 4e
OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
First trimester
 No smoke exposurec 44,482 1.00 43,846 1.00
 Active smoking only 10,545 0.88 (0.78–0.98) 10,367 0.88 (0.76–1.03)
 Passive smoking only 3,596 0.90 (0.76–1.07) 3,521 0.92 (0.73–1.17)
 Active and passive smoking 3,306 0.82 (0.78–0.98) 3,237 0.86 (0.67–1.12)
Second trimester
 No smoke exposurec 52,081 1.00 51,305 1.00
 Active smoking only 3,034 0.60 (0.48–0.75) 2,998 0.64 (0.47–0.88)
 Passive smoking only 4,919 0.94 (0.81–1.09) 4,806 0.94 (0.76–1.15)
 Active and passive smoking 1,895 0.69 (0.54–0.88) 1,862 0.75 (0.52–1.08)
Third trimester
 No smoke exposurec 53,381 1.00 1.00 52,566 1.00 1.00
 Active smoking only 2,541 0.56 (0.43–0.72) 0.62 (0.44–0.89) 2,516 0.64 (0.46–0.90) 0.69 (0.42–1.13)
 Passive smoking only 4,249 0.90 (0.78–1.05) 0.91 (0.76–1.10) 4,160 0.86 (0.69–1.07) 0.84 (0.64–1.09)
 Active and passive smoking 1,758 0.59 (0.44–0.78) 0.60 (0.40–0.90) 1,729 0.57 (0.38–0.87) 0.51 (0.28–0.90)

CI indicates confidence interval.

a

Model 1: Adjusted for parity, maternal education, educational disparity, prepregnancy body mass index, maternal age (linear and quadratic terms), any diabetes, and excluding gestational hypertension.

b

Model 2: As above, but adjusting for smoke exposure in the previous trimester.

c

Reference category.

d

Model 3: Adjusted for parity, maternal education, native language of grandparents, prepregnancy body mass index, maternal age (linear and quadratic terms), any diabetes, and excluding preeclampsia.

e

Model 4: As above, but adjusting for smoke exposure in the previous trimester.