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. 2015 May 8;104(8):777–783. doi: 10.1111/apa.13021

Table 2.

Incidence of potential risk factors for sudden infant death and explained deaths in infancy with odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. ORs denote SIDS risk compared with explained SUDI. Data from medical records

SIDS Explained SUDI OR 95% CI p
n % n %
Position placeda
Prone 20 66.7 10 33.3 0.73 0.26–2.06 0.80
Supine 19 59.4 13 40.6 1 ref ref
Side 7 58.3 5 41.7 1.04 0.27–4.02 0.95
Position founda
Prone 42 60.0 28 40.0 4.67 0.54–40.03 0.16
Supine 13 46.4 15 53.6 1 ref ref
Side 7 87.5 1 12.5 8.08 0.88–74.59 0.07
Slept in parental beda
Yes 58 67.4 28 32.6 7.77 2.36–25.57 <0.001
No 4 21.1 15 78.9 1 ref ref
Any breastfeedinga
Yes 75 58.6 53 41.4 2.48 1.29–4.76 0.006
No 20 36.4 35 63.6 1 ref ref
Genderb
Male 86 53.1 76 46.9 0.90 0.55–1.49 0.67
Female 50 50.5 49 49.5 1 ref ref
Gestational age <37 weeksb
Yes 18 40.9 26 59.1 0.49 0.25–0.95 0.036
No 109 58.6 77 41.4 1 ref ref
Birthweightb
<2500 g 18 45.0 22 55.0 0.58 0.29–1.16 0.12
2500–4500 g 107 58.5 76 41.5 1 ref ref
>4500 g 2 40.0 3 60.0 0.47 0.08–2.90 0.42
Smoking during 1st trimesterb
Nil 74 53.2 65 46.8 1 ref ref
1–9 cig/day 30 68.2 14 31.8 1.95 0.96–3.97 0.07
10+ cig/day 13 52.0 12 48.0 0.99 0.42–2.30 0.98
a

Data from medical records.

b

Data from the Medical Birth Register.