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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 May 12;215(2):143–152. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.05.007

Table 2.

Model 1: Without Hospital
Characteristics
Odds Ratio
(95% CI)
P
value
Model 2: With
Hospital
Characteristics
Odds Ratio
(95% CI)
P
value
Maternal Age
    <20 1.20 (1.09–1.33) 1.19 (1.07–1.31) 0.05
    20–34 Reference Reference
    35–39 1.20 (1.13–1.27) 0.02 1.21 (1.14–1.29) 0.03
    40–44 1.41 (1.29–1.55) 0.06 1.42 (1.30–1.57) 0.04
    >45 1.84 (1.45–2.34) <0.001 1.85 (1.46–2.35) <.001
Maternal race/ethnicity
    Hispanic 1.52 (1.42–1.63) 0.01 1.40 (1.31–1.51)
    Non-Hispanic black 2.02 (1.89–2.17) <0.001 1.82 (1.69–1.95) <.001
    Non-Hispanic white Reference Reference
    Asian 1.08 (0.99–1.18) <0.001 1.09 (0.99–1.18) 0.002
    Other 1.31 (0.85–2.04) 0.91 1.43 (1.31–1.51) 0.90
Maternal nativity
    Born in the US 0.97 (0.92–1.01) 0.16 0.97 (0.93–1.02) 0.28
    Foreign born Reference Reference
Maternal Education
    Less than HS* 1.12 (1.05–1.19) 0.01 1.08 (1.008–1.15) 0.07
    HS 1.02 (0.96–1.09) <0.001 1.00 (0.94–1.06) <.001
    Greater than HS Reference Reference
Insurance
    Commercial Reference Reference
    Uninsured 1.27 (1.05–1.53) 0.08 1.11 (0.92–1.35) 0.43
    Medicaid 1.12 (1.05–1.19) 0.80 1.01 (0.95–1.08) 0.41
    Other 1.06 (0.82–1.37) 0.65 1.07 (0.83–1.38) 0.84
Prenatal visits
    0–5 1.42 (1.31–1.52) <0.001 1.34 (1.24–1.45) 0.004
    6–8 1.19 (1.12–1.27) 0.30 1.16 (1.09–1.24) 0.31
    ≥9 Reference Reference
    Unknown 1.38 (1.13–1.69) 0.14 1.35 (1.11–1.65)
Parity
    Nulliparous Reference Reference
    Multiparous 0.96 (0.94–0.98) <0.001 0.96 (0.94–0.98) <.001
Type of Pregnancy
Singleton Reference Reference
Multiple 3.04 (2.76–3.34) <0.001 3.06 (2.78–3.37) <.001
Pre-pregnancy body mass index
    Underweight (<18.5) 1.06 (0.95–1.18) 0.75 0.96 (0.94–0.98) 0.49
    Normal weight (18.5–24.9) Reference Reference
    Overweight (25.0–29.9) 0.99 (0.94–1.05) 0.15 0.98 (0.93–1.04) 0.15
    Obese (30.0–39.9) 0.96 (0.90–1.02) 0.01 0.94 (0.88–1.004) 0.01
    Morbid obese (≥40) 1.13 (1.001–1.28) 0.12 1.11 (0.98–1.25) 0.16
    Missing 1.14 (0.87–1.43) 0.52 1.08 (0.84–1.38) 0.66
Smoked during pregnancy 0.93 (0.81–1.06) 0.28 0.92 (0.94–0.98) 0.19
Alcohol use during pregnancy 1.16 (0.99–1.35) 0.07 1.11 (0.95–1.3) 0.21
Previous Cesarean 2.27 (2.16–2.39) <0.001 2.29 (2.18–2.41) <.001
Comorbidity
Cardiac 2.90 (2.36–3.94) <0.001 2.91 (2.36–3.59) <.001
Musculoskeletal 2.72 (0.96–7.72) 0.06 2.58 (0.91–7.28) 0.07
Digestive 1.19 (0.57–2.48) 0.64 1.19 (0.57–2.48) 0.64
Blood disorder 3.75 (3.56–3.94) <0.001 3.73 (3.55–3.91) <.001
Mental disorder 1.40 (1.26–1.55) <0.001 1.38 (1.25–1.53) <.001
CNS 1.37 (1.15–1.62) <0.001 1.37 (1.16–1.62) <.001
Rheumatic heart 2.97 (1.81–4.86) <0.001 2.88 (1.76–4.73) <.001
Disorder of placentation 6.64 (6.13–7.19) <0.001 6.57 (6.07–7.12) <.001
Chronic Hypertension 1.34 (1.17–1.54) <0.001 1.32 (1.15–1.51) <.001
Pregnancy hypertension 2.95 (2.78–3.13) <0.001 2.9 (2.73–3.08) <.001
Lupus 0.92 (0.32–2.64) 0.88 0.97 (0.34–2.76) 0.96
Collagen/vascular 0.45 (0.14–1.52) 0.2 0.46 (0.34–2.76) 0.21
Rheumatoid arthritis 0.48 (1.16–1.47) 0.2 0.51 (0.17–1.55) 0.23
Diabetes 1.27 (1.08–1.49) 0.004 1.26 (1.08–1.48) 0.004
Pregnancy diabetes 1.21 (1.11–1.32) <0.001 1.17 (1.08–1.28) <.001
Asthma/chronic pulmonary 1.05 (0.96–1.15) 0.28 1.05 (0.96–1.15) 0.25
Hospital Characteristics1
  Hospital Ownership
    Public 1.12 (1.06–1.19) <.001
    Private Reference
  Teaching Status
    Not Teaching Reference
    Teaching 0.66 (0.55–0.79) <.001
  Nursery Level
    Level 2 1.27 (1.22–1.33) <.001
    Level 3–4 Reference
Delivery Volume3
    Low 1.69 (1.54–1.85) <.001
    Medium 1.53 (1.42–1.65) <.001
    High 1.32 (1.23–1.41) 0.16
    Very High Reference
*

HS – High school