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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2009 Sep;20(5):733–737. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0b013e3181aa2d96

TABLE 2.

Association of Thromboembolic Disease in First-degree Relatives of Index Placental Abruption Cases and Controls

First-degree Relatives Abruption Cases
(n = 212)
Controls
(n = 206)
Odds Ratio
(95% Confidence Interval)
Total Members Thromboembolic Diseasea No. (%) Total Members Thromboembolic Diseasea No. (%) Unadjusted OR (95% CI) Adjustedb OR (95% CI)
All relativesc 852 64 (7.5)   792 38 (4.8)   1.6 (1.1, 2.4) 1.6 (1.0, 2.5)
 Parents 358 56 (15.6) 329 35 (10.6) 1.6 (1.0, 2.5) 1.5 (0.9, 2.5)
 Siblings 494 8 (1.6) 463 3 (0.7) 2.5 (0.7, 9.6) 2.6 (0.7, 9.7)
Female relatives 446 32 (7.2)   438 13 (3.0)   2.5 (1.3, 4.9) 2.6 (1.3, 5.0)
 Biologic mother 188 26 (13.8) 170 12 (7.1)   2.1 (1.0, 4.3) 2.0 (1.0, 4.2)
 Full sisters 258 6 (2.3) 268 1 (0.4)   6.4 (0.8, 53.2)   6.8 (1.8, 25.7)
Male relatives 406 32 (7.9)   354 25 (7.1)   1.1 (0.7, 1.9) 1.1 (0.6, 1.9)
 Biologic father 170 30 (17.1) 159 23 (14.5) 1.3 (0.7, 2.3) 1.3 (0.7, 2.3)
 Full brothers 236 2 (0.9) 195 2 (1.0) 0.8 (0.1, 5.9) 0.7 (0.2, 3.9)
a

Thromboembolic disease among male relatives includes one or more of myocardial infarction, embolism, stroke, deep-vein thrombosis, and blood clots and restricted to relatives ≤65 years old.

b

Associations were adjusted for subjects’ age, smoking status, and race.

c

Analysis for “all relatives” were further adjusted for sex.