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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 4.

Smoking Dose in Third Trimester in Relation to Preeclampsia and Gestational Hypertension

Smoking Classification by Dose (cigarettes/day) Preeclampsiaa
Gestational Hypertensionb
Total No. (n = 61,817) (% Cases) OR (95% CI) Total No. (n = 60,861) (% Cases) OR (95% CI)
0c 57,640 (3.57) 1.00 56,737 (2.04) 1.00
>0–1.7 (light) 1,026 (3.12) 0.78 (0.55–1.12) 1,009 (1.49) 0.76 (0.46–1.27)
>1.7–8.0 (moderate) 2,107 (2.28) 0.52 (0.39–0.70) 2,084 (1.20) 0.59 (0.40–0.89)
>8.0–20 (heavy) 1,044 (2.30) 0.48 (0.32–0.73) 1,031 (1.07) 0.51 (0.28–0.95)

CI indicates confidence interval.

a

Adjusted for parity, maternal education, educational disparity, prepregnancy body mass index, maternal age, any diabetes, and excluding gestational hypertension.

b

Adjusted for parity, maternal education, native language of grandparents, educational disparity, prepregnancy body mass index, maternal age, any diabetes, and excluding preeclampsia.

c

Reference category.