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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2016 Aug;128(2):364–372. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000001506

Table 3.

Risk of Preterm Birth (Before 32 Weeks of Gestation and 32–36 Weeks of Gestation) and Early Term Birth (37–38 Weeks of Gestation) in the Second Pregnancy by Gestational Week at Birth in the First Pregnancy

Gestational
Week at
Delivery of
the 2nd
Pregnancy
Gestational Week at Delivery of the 1st Pregnancy

Before 32 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 or
More
Sample (n) 935 334 556 1,166 2,130 4,246 10,180 25,837 118,505
Before 32 58 (6.2) 12 (3.6) 8 (1.4) 22 (1.9) 25 (1.2) 39 (0.9) 59 (0.6) 112 (0.4) 367 (0.3)
23.4 (17.2–31.8) 16.0 (8.6–29.8) 6.6 (3.2–13.7) 9.0 (5.7–14.0) 5.4 (3.6–8.1) 4.4 (3.1–6.1) 2.6 (1.9–3.4) 1.7 (1.4–2.1)
32–36 154 (16.5) 46 (13.8) 95 (17.1) 181 (15.5) 260 (12.2) 449 (10.6) 799 (7.8) 1,287 (5.0) 2,928 (2.5)
9.2 (7.6–11.2) 9.0 (6.4–12.5) 11.8 (9.2–15.0) 10.1 (8.5–12.0) 7.4 (6.4–8.5) 6.5 (5.9–7.3) 4.5 (4.1–4.9) 2.5 (2.4–2.7)
37–38 273 (29.2) 124 (37.1) 219 (39.4) 432 (37.0) 801 (37.6) 1,726 (40.7) 4,092 (40.2) 9,490 (36.7) 26,744 (22.6)
1.9 (1.6–2.2) 2.6 (2.1–3.3) 3.1 (2.5–3.7) 2.7 (2.4–3.1) 2.6 (2.3–2.8) 2.8 (2.7–3.0) 2.6 (2.5–2.7) 2.1 (2.0–2.2)
39 or more 450 (48.1) 152 (45.5) 234 (42.1) 531 (45.5) 1,044 (49.0) 2,032 (47.9) 5,230 (51.4) 14,948 (57.9) 88,466 (74.7)
Reference

Data are n (%) or adjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) unless otherwise specified.

Adjusted for maternal and obstetric factors in both pregnancies (maternal age, education, mother’s birth place, Medi-Cal for delivery, smoking, pre-existing and gestational hypertension with or without preeclampsia, pre-existing and gestational diabetes, urinary tract infection, anemia, drug abuse, and mental disorder), maternal race or ethnicity, cesarean delivery at the first pregnancy, interpregnancy interval, and paternity change between.