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. 2016 Jun 8;16:77. doi: 10.1186/s12887-016-0613-y

Table 4.

Celiac disease risk in relation to each specific maternal and perinatal condition for all children and divided for boys and girls, respectively (Results from the multivariate analysis)

Maternal and perinatal exposures All children Boys Girls
OR (95 % CI) P-value OR (95 % CI) P-value OR (95 % CI) P-value
Maternal age <25 1.0 1.0 1.0
25–29 1.1 (1.0–1.2) 0.01 1.1 (1.0–1.3) 0.07 1.1 (1.0–1.2) 0.04
30–34 1.0 (0.9–1.1) 0.75 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 0.87 1.0 (0.9–1.1) 0.52
≥35 0.8 (0.7–0.9) <0.001 0.8 (0.7–0.9) 0.01 0.8 (0.7–0.9) <0.001
Disposable income
(per 100 SEK)
Low 1.0 1.0 1.0
Middle 1.2 (1.1–1.2) <0.001 1.1 (1.0–1.3) 0.01 1.2 (1.1–1.3) <0.001
High 0.9 (0.8–0.9) <0.001 0.8 (0.7–0.9) 0.01 0.9 (0.8–0.9) 0.002
Body mass index (kg/m2) 18.50–24.99 1.0 1.00
<18.50 1.0 (0.8–1.2) 0.85 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 0.90
25.00–29.99 0.9 (0.9–0.9) 0.04 0.9 (0.8–0.9) 0.03
≥30 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 0.09 0.8 (0.7–0.9) 0.04
Parity (n) 1 1.0 1.00 1.00
2 1.2 (1.1–1.2) <0.001 1.2 (1.0–1.3) 0.01 1.2 (1.1–1.2) <0.001
≥3 1.0 (0.9–1.1) 0.58 1.1 (0.9–1.2) 0.34 1.0 (0.9–1.1) 0.53
Duration of pregnancy
(weeks)
37–45 1.0 1.00 1.00
<37 0.9 (0.8–1.2) 0.86 1.1 (0.8–1.4) 0.62 0.9 (0.8–1.0) 0.90
Premature rupture of the membrane No 1.00 1.00
Yes 0.7 (0.5–0.9) 0.02 0.4 (0.2–0.8) 0.01
Mode of delivery Vaginal 1.00
Elective 1.2 (1.0–1.4) 0.02
Infant birth weight (grams) ≥2500 1.0 1.00
1500–2499 1.0 (0.9–1.2) 0.73 1.0 (0.7–1.3) 0.97
<1500 0.8 (0.5–1.2) 0.27 0.3 (0.1–0.9) 0.03
Sex Male 1.0
Female 1.8 (1.7–1.9) <0.001
Apgar score
at 5 min
≥7 1.0 1.00
<7 0.7 (0.5–0.9) 0.02 0.5 (0.3–0.8) 0.003
Maternal infectionsa No 1.0 1.00
Yes 1.1 (1.1–1.2) <0.001 1.1 (1.0–1.2) 0.006

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, SEK Swedish Krona

Multivariate logistic regression including all variables found to be statistically significant (p <0.05) in the bivariate analyses (Table 3)

aIncludes both urinary tract infections and other maternal infections