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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol. 2017 Aug 25;32(1):30–39. doi: 10.1111/ppe.12402

Table 3.

Cumulative Probability of Pregnancy Loss and Hazard Ratios by Occurrence of Signs and Symptoms Each Week Following Positive Pregnancy Test Among Women in the LIFE Study, Michigan and Texas, USA, 2005–2009

Probability of loss (95% confidence interval) Hazard Ratio (95% confidence interval)
Presence of symptom Absence of symptom Presence vs. absence of symptom
Any bleeding
 Week 1 0.6 (0.5, 0.8) 0.2 (0.2, 0.3) 6.2 (3.8, 10.2)
 Week 2 0.3 (0.2, 0.5) 0.2 (0.1, 0.2) 2.3 (1.2, 4.3)
 Week 3 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) 0.1 (0.1, 0.2) 1.5 (0.8, 2.8)
 Week 4 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) 0.1 (0.1, 0.2) 1.6 (0.9, 2.8)
 Week 5 0.1 (0.0, 0.2) 0.1 (0.1, 0.2) 0.8 (0.4, 1.7)
Light/moderate/heavy bleeding
 Week 1 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) 0.2 (0.2, 0.3) 8.7 (4.7, 16.0)
 Week 2 0.4 (0.2, 0.6) 0.2 (0.1, 0.2) 3.0 (1.4, 6.4)
 Week 3 0.2 (0.0, 0.4) 0.2 (0.1, 0.2) 1.4 (0.5, 3.8)
 Week 4 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) 0.1 (0.1, 0.2) 1.4 (0.6, 3.2)
 Week 5 0.1 (0.0, 0.2) 0.1 (0.1, 0.2) 0.6 (0.2, 2.2)
Moderate/heavy bleeding
 Week 1 0.8 (0.6, 1.0) 0.2 (0.2, 0.3) 8.3 (4.2, 16.4)
 Week 2 0.6 (0.3, 0.9) 0.2 (0.1, 0.2) 4.7 (2.0, 10.7)
 Week 3 0.2 (0.0, 0.5) 0.2 (0.1, 0.2) 1.4 (0.3, 6.5)
 Week 4 0.1 (0.0, 0.3) 0.1 (0.1, 0.2) 0.9 (0.2, 3.2)
 Week 5 0.4 (0.0, 0.7) 0.1 (0.1, 0.2) 2.8 (0.7, 11.4)
Any nausea and/or vomiting
 Week 1 0.3 (0.2, 0.4) 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) 1.3 (0.9, 2.0)
 Week 2 0.2 (0.1, 0.2) 0.2 (0.2, 0.3) 0.6 (0.4, 1.0)
 Week 3 0.1 (0.1, 0.2) 0.3 (0.2, 0.4) 0.5 (0.3, 0.7)
 Week 4 0.1 (0.1, 0.1) 0.3 (0.2, 0.5) 0.4 (0.2, 0.6)
 Week 5 0.1 (0.1, 0.1) 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) 0.3 (0.2, 0.5)
Any vomiting
 Week 1 0.4 (0.2, 0.6) 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) 1.7 (0.8, 3.6)
 Week 2 0.3 (0.1, 0.4) 0.2 (0.2, 0.3) 1.0 (0.5, 2.2)
 Week 3 0.1 (0.0, 0.2) 0.3 (0.2, 0.4) 0.3 (0.1, 0.8)
 Week 4 0.0 (0.0, 0.1) 0.3 (0.2, 0.5) 0.1 (0.0, 10.8)
 Week 5 0.1 (0.0, 0.1) 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) 0.2 (0.1, 0.7)
Any nausea a
 Week 1 0.3 (0.2, 0.4) 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) 1.2 (0.8, 1.9)
 Week 2 0.1 (0.1, 0.2) 0.2 (0.2, 0.3) 0.5 (0.3, 0.9)
 Week 3 0.1 (0.1, 0.2) 0.3 (0.2, 0.4) 0.5 (0.3, 0.8)
 Week 4 0.1 (0.1, 0.2) 0.3 (0.2, 0.5) 0.4 (0.3, 0.7)
 Week 5 0.1 (0.0, 0.2) 0.2 (0.1, 0.4) 0.4 (0.2, 0.7)
Any cramping
 Week 1 0.3 (0.2, 0.4) 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) 1.8 (1.2, 2.7)
 Week 2 0.2 (0.1, 0.2) 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) 0.9 (0.6, 1.5)
 Week 3 0.1 (0.1, 0.1) 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) 0.5 (0.3, 0.9)
 Week 4 0.1 (0.1, 0.2) 0.2 (0.1, 0.2) 0.6 (0.3, 1.0)
 Week 5 0.1 (0.0, 0.1) 0.2 (0.1, 0.2) 0.4 (0.2, 0.7)
a

Nausea, but not vomiting, during the week