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. 2017 Jul 26;62(3):319–330. doi: 10.1007/s00484-017-1402-5

Table 3.

Simple and multiple (stepwise) logistic regression analyses of the association (OR, 95% CI) between exposure to high ambient heat and miscarriage/stillbirth, adjusted for maternal age at pregnancy, and total number of pregnancies among 1135 women drawn from all 10 administrative regions of Ghana

Crude OR (95% CI) Model 1 OR (95% CI) Model 2 OR (95% CI)
Ambient heat (Mean WBGT) based on yearly distributions 1.15 (0.92–1.42) 1.12 (0.90–1.39) 1.00 (0.80–1.25)
Ambient heat (Mean WBGT) based on month 2 of pregnancy 1.03 (0.84–1.27)
Maternal age at end of pregnancy 1.07 (1.03–1.12)* 1.08 (1.03–1.12)*
Total number of pregnancies 2.46 (1.89–3.20)*

Model 1: adjusted for maternal age at end of pregnancy. Model 2: adjusted for maternal age at end of pregnancy and total number of pregnancies

OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval

* statistically significant at p <.05