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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Mar 11.
Published in final edited form as: Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2014 Sep;28(5):412–423. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12142

Table 2. Numbera of spontaneous abortions and gestational weeks at risk by maternal age and body mass index.

Age (Years) Body mass index (kg/m2)

<20 20–24 25–30 ≥30 Total
≤20 SAB 4 7 4 4 19
Gestational weeks 523 1101 476 339 2439
Rate/1000 GW 7.6 6.4 8.4 11.8 7.8
21–24 SAB 18 44 16 16 94
Gestational weeks 2634 7248 3505 1914 15 301
Rate/1000 GW 6.8 6.1 4.6 8.4 6.1
25–28 SAB 39 123 41 42 245
Gestational weeks 5584 19 678 7055 3916 36 233
Rate/1000 GW 7.0 6.3 5.8 10.7 6.8
29–32 SAB 29 126 41 23 219
Gestational weeks 4112 16 647 5977 3414 30 150
Rate/1000 GW 7.1 7.6 6.9 6.7 7.3
33–36 SAB 13 69 24 14 120
Gestational weeks 1620 6770 2915 1440 12 745
Rate/1000 GW 8.0 10.2 8.2 9.7 9.4
≥37 SAB 5 16 9 5 35
Gestational weeks 519 1515 766 611 3411
Rate/1000 GW 9.6 10.6 11.7 8.2 10.3
Age-Standardized rate/1000 GW 7.2 7.3 6.5 9.0
Age-Standardized rate difference 0.0 [ref] −0.8 1.7
 (95% CI) −1.6, 1.5 −2.0, 0.6 −0.2, 3.6
Age-Standardized rate ratio 0.99 [ref] 0.90 1.23
 (95% CI) 0.80, 1.23 0.73, 1.09 0.99, 1.54
a

From the first imputation dataset.