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 |
Data from medical records.
Data from the Medical Birth Register.