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Published in final edited form as: Occup Environ Med. 2016 Oct 6;74(3):192–199. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2016-103715

Table 3.

Associations of quartiles of factor scores, characterised by occupational physical activity and psychosocial stressors, and preterm birth (PTB) and small-for-gestational-age (SGA) in the first trimester of pregnancy, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–2009

PTB SGA


Factor* Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI) Crude OR (95% CI) Adjusted OR (95% CI)
Occupational physical activity
  Q1 Referent Referent Referent Referent
  Q2 1.00 (0.75 to 1.32) 1.00 (0.76 to 1.33) 1.09 (0.81 to 1.46) 1.09 (0.81 to 1.46)
  Q3 1.23 (0.94 to 1.61) 1.12 (0.85 to 1.49) 1.31 (0.99 to 1.74) 1.18 (0.88 to 1.58)
  Q4 1.37 (1.05 to 1.79) 1.24 (0.93 to 1.64) 1.52 (1.15 to 2.00) 1.36 (1.02 to 1.82)
  ptrend 0.01 0.01
Interpersonal stressor
  Q1 Referent Referent Referent Referent
  Q2 0.92 (0.70 to 1.22) 0.98 (0.74 to 1.30) 1.02 (0.78 to 1.33) 1.09 (0.83 to 1.43)
  Q3 1.14 (0.87 to 1.48) 1.18 (0.90 to 1.54) 0.80 (0.60 to 1.05) 0.86 (0.65 to 1.14)
  Q4 1.14 (0.88 to 1.49) 1.17 (0.89 to 1.53) 1.02 (0.79 to 1.33) 1.05 (0.80 to 1.37)
  ptrend 0.15 0.70
Automated work
  Q1 Referent Referent Referent Referent
  Q2 0.96 (0.73 to 1.27) 0.93 (0.71 to 1.23) 1.08 (0.81 to 1.44) 1.03 (0.77 to 1.38)
  Q3 1.02 (0.78 to 1.34) 0.93 (0.71 to 1.23) 1.28 (0.97 to 1.69) 1.12 (0.84 to 1.49)
  Q4 1.12 (0.87 to 1.46) 1.03 (0.78 to 1.34) 1.32 (1.00 to 1.75) 1.16 (0.87 to 1.55)
  ptrend 0.32 0.02
Job responsibility
  Q1 Referent Referent Referent Referent
  Q2 0.82 (0.63 to 1.07) 0.92 (0.70 to 1.22) 0.77 (0.58 to 1.01) 0.86 (0.65 to 1.14)
  Q3 0.77 (0.59 to 1.02) 0.82 (0.62 to 1.08) 0.88 (0.68 to 1.13) 0.94 (0.72 to 1.23)
  Q4 0.99 (0.77 to 1.27) 1.16 (0.88 to 1.53) 0.72 (0.55 to 0.95) 0.85 (0.63 to 1.15)
  ptrend 0.92 0.05
*

Factor scores were categorised in quartiles: ‘occupational physical activity’ (<−0.88, −0.88 to <0.05, 0.05 to <0.91 and ≥0.91), ‘interpersonal stressor’ (<−0.39, −0.39 to <0.16, 0.16 to <0.65 and ≥0.65), ‘automated work’ (<−0.77, −0.77 to <−0.05, −0.05 to <0.50 and ≥0.50) and ‘job responsibility’ (<−0.69, −0.69 to <−0.11, −0.11 to <0.46 and ≥0.46).

Adjusted for maternal age, race/ethnicity, education and smoking.