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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jul 19.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2011 Aug 31;73(9):1302–1311. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.08.012

Table 4d.

Adjusteda odds ratios (95% Confidence Intervals) for the association between neighborhood indices and pregnancy-related behaviors and outcomes among Non-Hispanic black women.

Quartiles Smoking Weight gained during pregnancy <15 lbs Weight gained during pregnancy ≥ 40 lbs Pregnancy-induced hypertension/eclampsia Term Low Birthweightb Preterm Birth
Physical incivilities 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
2 0.80 (0.51, 1.25) 0.97 (0.77, 1.22) 1.00 (0.86, 1.16) 1.02 (0.76, 1.36) 0.78 (0.54, 1.14) 1.02 (0.83, 1.24)
3 1.80 (1.19, 2.71) 1.30 (1.03, 1.64) 1.06 (0.90, 1.24) 1.16 (0.86, 1.58) 1.03 (0.71, 1.50) 0.87 (0.70, 1.08)
4 1.65 (1.11, 2.44) 1.41 (1.14, 1.74) 1.05 (0.91, 1.22) 0.98 (0.73, 1.31) 1.07 (0.77, 1.49) 1.13 (0.93, 1.36)
Test of trend 0.001 <0.001 0.427 0.987 0.349 0.278
p-value
Social spaces 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
2 0.96 (0.64, 1.44) 1.07 (0.85, 1.33) 0.93 (0.81, 1.07) 0.96 (0.73, 1.27) 1.15 (0.83, 1.59) 0.85 (0.71, 1.02)
3 0.96 (0.64, 1.44) 1.13 (0.90, 1.40) 0.95 (0.83, 1.10) 1.05 (0.81, 1.37) 1.35 (0.98, 1.85) 0.89 (0.74, 1.07)
4 1.30 (0.86, 1.97) 1.26 (0.99, 1.61) 1.07 (0.91, 1.25) 1.12 (0.83, 1.52) 1.04 (0.70, 1.52) 0.89 (0.73, 1.10)
Test of trend 0.233 0.050 0.497 0.361 0.418 0.358
p-value
Walkability 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
2 0.97 (0.67, 1.41) 1.04 (0.86, 1.27) 0.97 (0.84, 1.13) 1.25 (0.93, 1.68) 0.88 (0.64, 1.20) 1.06 (0.87, 1.29)
3 0.86 (0.59, 1.27) 0.90 (0.74, 1.10) 0.90 (0.78, 1.05) 1.27 (0.94, 1.70) 1.05 (0.76, 1.44) 1.01 (0.83, 1.23)
4 0.56 (0.37, 0.83) 0.74 (0.60, 0.91) 0.92 (0.79, 1.07) 1.18 (0.88, 1.58) 0.78 (0.56, 1.09) 1.12 (0.92, 1.36)
Test of trend 0.005 0.003 0.197 0.339 0.295 0.352
p-value
Borders 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
2 0.93 (0.62, 1.38) 0.91 (0.75, 1.12) 0.92 (0.80, 1.05) 0.97 (0.75, 1.25) 1.00 (0.75, 1.35) 0.94 (0.79, 1.12)
3 1.06 (0.71, 1.57) 1.09 (0.88, 1.34) 1.06 (0.92, 1.22) 0.81 (0.60, 1.08) 1.08 (0.79, 1.47) 0.90 (0.75, 1.08)
4 0.97 (0.64, 1.46) 1.28 (1.03, 1.60) 1.06 (0.91, 1.24) 1.09 (0.82, 1.46) 0.97 (0.68, 1.38) 0.91 (0.75, 1.12)
Test of trend 0.963 0.012 0.218 0.982 0.925 0.289
p-value
Arterial features 1 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
2 0.69 (0.47, 1.02) 0.95 (0.75, 1.19) 0.86 (0.74, 1.00) 0.75 (0.57, 0.98) 1.06 (0.76, 1.48) 0.80 (0.66, 0.97)
3 0.62 (0.42, 0.92) 0.89 (0.71, 1.12) 1.01 (0.87, 1.18) 0.74 (0.57, 0.97) 0.89 (0.64, 1.25) 0.95 (0.79, 1.15)
4 0.71 (0.48, 1.07) 0.88 (0.69, 1.12) 1.02 (0.87, 1.19) 0.73 (0.55, 0.97) 0.91 (0.64, 1.30) 0.95 (0.78, 1.16)
Test of trend 0.087 0.248 0.230 0.048 0.351 0.713
p-value
a

Adjusted for maternal age, education, marital status, and number of pregnancies.

b

Among only term births.