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. 2015 Jun 19;124(2):243–249. doi: 10.1289/ehp.1408995

Table 3.

Associations between PM2.5 over the entire pregnancy and pregnancy outcome, by level of adjustment (per 10 μg/m3).

Model Preterm birth OR (95% CI) Term LBW OR (95% CI) SGA OR (95% CI) Term birth weight β (95% CI)
Unadjusted 0.96 (0.93, 0.98) 1.51 (1.44, 1.57) 1.46 (1.43, 1.49) –115.5 (–119.7, –111.3)
+ neighborhood SESa 0.97 (0.95, 1.00) 1.47 (1.41, 1.54) 1.41 (1.38, 1.44) –107.3 (–111.6, –103.0)
+ individual covariatesb, neighborhood percent visible minority (fully adjusted) 0.96 (0.93, 0.99) 1.01 (0.94, 1.08) 1.04 (1.01, 1.07) –20.5 (–24.7, –16.4)
24 cities (fully adjusted) 0.80 (0.75, 0.86) 0.98 (0.87, 1.10) 0.99 (0.93, 1.04) –20.2 (–27.7, –12.6)
Quebec (fully adjusted) 0.90 (0.84, 0.96) 0.98 (0.86, 1.12) 1.03 (0.97, 1.09) –16.1 (–26.5, –5.7)
aCensus dissemination area proportion of individuals ≥ 15 years of age who were unemployed (preterm birth model only), proportion of individuals ≥ 15 years of age in the lowest income quintile, and proportion of females ≥ 25 years of age with postsecondary education. bMaternal age and marital status, parity, urban/rural place of residence, airshed of maternal place of residence, place of birth of mother (within/outside Canada), year of birth, season of birth, and proportion of census dissemination area population who are visible minority; infant sex was also included in preterm birth, LBW, and birth weight models, and gestational age was also included in LBW and birth weight models.