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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2017 Apr;21(4):893–902. doi: 10.1007/s10995-016-2190-y

Table 3.

Associations between the presence of maternal substance use disorder (SUD) and select birth outcomes (Singleton deliveries in MA from 2003–2007)

SUD
N (%)
Not SUD
N (%)
Model 1
OR (95% CI)
Model 2
AOR (95% CI)
Birth Outcome
 Preterm Birth 2,631 (13.1) 30,316 (8.7) 1.57 (1.51–1.64) 1.35 (1.28–1.41)
 Low Birthweight 2,292 (11.1) 19,614 (5.5) 2.13 (2.03–2.23) 1.73 (1.64–1.82)
 Fetal Death 127 (0.61) 1,576 (0.44) 1.38 (1.15–1.66) 1.24 (0.99–1.56)
 Neonatal Mortality 136 (0.66) 1,286 (0.36) 1.82 (1.52–2.17) 1.13 (0.93–1.38)
 Post neonatal Mortality 11 (0.05) 175 (0.05) 1.08 (0.59–1.98) 1.07 (0.38–1.34)

Model 1 is unadjusted; Model 2 is adjusted for maternal age, race/ethnicity, primary language, education, marital status, parity, health insurance coverage, region of residence, health conditions, psychiatric diagnosis, adequacy of prenatal care, pregnancy-related conditions, delivery complications, and method of delivery

All associated Wald chi-square comparisons are significant at p<.001