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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Psychosom Med. 2015 Oct;77(8):863–869. doi: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000229

Table 2.

Odds ratios and relative risks across statistical models of preconception and prenatal maternal bereavement predicting neonatal and post-neonatalinfant, and child mortality

Model OR / RR (95% CI)
N exposed 1. Unadjusted 2. Adjusted for family-
level covariatesa
3. Adjusted with
gestational age and
birth weightb
Neonatal Mortalityc
Preconception
  6-0 months 96 2.48 (2.02–3.03) 1.87 (1.53–2.30) 1.29 (1.01–1.64)
Prenatal
  Trimester 1 25 1.76 (1.19–2.62) 1.33 (0.89–1.98) 1.16 (0.75–1.81)
  Trimester 2 17 1.19 (0.74–1.91) 0.89 (0.55–1.43) 0.87 (0.51–1.48)
  Trimester 3 16 0.86 (0.52–1.40) 0.68 (0.41–1.11) 0.87 (0.52–1.45)
Post-neonatal Infant Mortalityd
Preconception
  6-0 months 49 1.95 (1.47–2.58) 1.52 (1.15–2.02) 1.35 (1.01–1.81)
Prenatal
  Trimester 1 9 0.98 (0.51–1.88) 0.85 (0.44–1.64) 0.83 (0.43–1.60)
  Trimester 2 13 1.40 (0.81–2.41) 1.24 (0.72–2.14) 1.19 (0.69–2.06)
  Trimester 3 14 1.15 (0.68–1.95) 1.04 (0.62–1.77) 1.07 (0.63–1.82)
Child Mortalitye
Preconception
  6-0 months 26 1.60(1.08–2.35) 1.42(0.97–2.10) 1.37(0.93–2.02)
Prenatal
  Trimester 1 11 1.84(1.02–3.34) 1.74(0.96–3.16) 1.72(0.95–3.11)
  Trimester 2 20 1.30(0.83–2.02) 1.19(0.76–1.76) 1.15(0.74–1.80)
  Trimester 3 15 1.14(0.68–1.89) 1.06(0.64–1.76) 1.04(0.62–1.72)

Note: OR = Odds ratio;RR = relative risk;

a

covariates included infant sex, year of birth, parity, maternal age, paternal age, parental country of origin, and maternal medical history;

b

gestational age at birth and birth weight added to covariates included in Model 2;

c

offspring died 0–28 days after birth;

d

offspring died 29–364 days after birth;

e

offspring died 1–5 years after birth.