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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Sep 7.
Published in final edited form as: J Natl Black Nurses Assoc. 2007 Dec;18(2):16–23.

Table 3.

Odds Ratios (95% Confidence intervals) of Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) or Low Birth Weight (LBW) for African-American, Latino and White mothers, adjusted for individual-level factors: Wisconsin, 1998–19991

Adjusted for Individual-Level Factors:
African-American Latino White
Community Income2 VLBW Smoker3 LBW Smoker VLBW Smoker LBW Smoker VLBW Smoker LBW Smoker
 Poor 1.41 (.34–5.85) 2.80 (1.56–5.05) – § 2.74 (.48–4.63) – § – §
 Lower-middle 1.78 (.96–3.32) 2.53 (1.86–3.43) 3.35 (1.08–10.4) 1.93 (1.15–3.24) 2.17 (1.60–2.94) 2.10 (1.84–2.40)

Source: 1998 & 1999 Wisconsin Birth Record Files of the Vital Statistics and 1990 U.S. Census STF 3A data.

1

See footnotes in Table 1 for variable definitions.

2

omitted category is upper-middle to affluent income.

3

omitted category is non-smoker.

§

– undefined (no or very few low or very low weight births occurred).