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. 2018 Apr 1;27(4):458–465. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2017.6322

Table 2.

Predictors of Small for Gestational Age Birth in Bivariate and Multivariate Models

  Not SGA SGAa OR (95% CI) Full population; model 1 Full population; model 2 Prepregnancy smokers only; model 1 Prepregnancy smokers only; model 2
Row percent (95% CI)b
 Perinatal IPV
  No 90.9 (90.7, 91.0) 9.1 (9.0, 9.3) REF REF REF REF REF
  Yes 87.7 (86.9, 88.6) 12.3 (11.4, 13.1) 1.39 (1.28, 1.51) 1.18 (1.08, 1.28) 1.05 (0.97, 1.15) 1.15 (1.03, 1.29) 1.10 (0.98, 1.23)
 Age
  <20 87.0 (86.3, 87.8) 13.0 (12.2, 13.7) 1.70 (1.58, 1.83) 1.40 (1.28, 1.52) 1.40 (1.29, 1.53) 1.01 (0.88, 1.16) 1.11 (0.97, 1.28)
  20–24 88.9 (88.4, 89.3) 11.1 (10.7, 11.6) 1.43 (1.36, 1.51) 1.27 (1.19, 1.35) 1.21 (1.14, 1.29) 1.02 (0.91, 1.13) 1.05 (0.95, 1.17)
  25–29 91.3 (91.0, 91.6) 8.7 (8.4, 9.0) 1.09 (1.03, 1.15) 1.06 (1.01, 1.12) 1.03 (0.98, 1.09) 0.92 (0.83, 1.02) 0.94 (0.85, 1.04)
  ≥30 92.0 (91.7, 92.2) 8.0 (7.8, 8.3) REF REF REF REF REF
 Education
  <12 years 88.1 (87.6, 88.7) 11.9 (11.3, 12.4) 1.37 (1.29, 1.46) 1.05 (0.98, 1.12) 0.99 (0.93, 1.06) 1.15 (1.04, 1.27) 1.05 (0.95, 1.16)
  ≥12 years 91.1 (90.9, 91.3) 8.9 (8.7, 9.1) REF REF REF REF REF
 Income—% federal poverty guidelines
  <100 88.2 (87.9, 88.6) 11.8 (11.4, 12.1) 1.59 (1.52, 1.67) 1.33 (1.25, 1.41) 1.19 (1.12, 1.26) 1.40 (1.26, 1.55) 1.18 (1.06, 1.31)
  101–200 91.0 (90.6, 91.4) 9.0 (8.6, 9.4) 1.18 (1.12, 1.25) 1.07 (1.01, 1.14) 1.01 (0.95, 1.07) 1.13 (1.01, 1.26) 1.01 (0.90, 1.13)
  ≥200 92.3 (92.0, 92.5) 7.7 (7.5, 8.0) REF REF REF REF REF
 Perinatal smoking pattern
  Nonsmoker 91.8 (91.6, 92.0) 8.2 (8.0, 8.4) REF REF
  Quit during pregnancy 91.3 (90.7, 91.8) 8.7 (8.2, 9.3) 1.07 (1.00, 1.15) 1.09 (1.02, 1.18) REF
  Sustained smoking 83.1 (82.5, 83.8) 16.9 (16.2, 17.5) 2.28 (2.16, 2.40) 2.06 (1.95, 2.18) 1.87 (1.73, 2.03)
 Adequacy of prenatal care
  Inadequate 89.4 (88.8, 90.0) 10.6 (10.0, 11.2) 1.24 (1.15, 1.33) 0.99 (0.92, 1.06) 0.98 (0.91, 1.05) 1.00 (0.89, 1.12) 0.98 (0.87, 1.10)
  Intermediate 90.0 (89.4, 90.5) 10.0 (9.5, 10.6) 1.16 (1.09, 1.24) 1.10 (1.03, 1.18) 1.10 (1.03, 1.18) 1.14 (1.01, 1.29) 1.14 (1.01, 1.29)
  Adequate 91.3 (91.0, 91.5) 8.7 (8.5, 9.0) REF REF REF REF REF
  Adequate plus 90.6 (90.3, 90.9) 9.4 (9.1, 9.7) 1.09 (1.03, 1.14) 1.06 (1.01, 1.11) 1.04 (0.99, 1.09) 1.03 (0.94, 1.12) 1.01 (0.93, 1.10)
 Gestational weight gain
  Inadequate 85.8 (85.4, 86.3) 14.2 (13.7, 14.6) 1.49 (1.41, 1.57) 1.42 (1.35, 1.50) 1.41 (1.34, 1.49) 1.47 (1.34, 1.62) 1.43 (1.30, 1.57)
  Normal 90.0 (89.7, 90.3) 10.0 (9.7, 10.3) REF REF REF REF REF
  Excessive 93.3 (93.1, 93.5) 6.7 (6.5, 6.9) 0.65 (0.61, 0.68) 0.63 (0.60, 0.66) 0.62 (0.59, 0.66) 0.58 (0.53, 0.64) 0.61 (0.56, 0.66)
a

SGA as operationalized in PRAMS is adjusted for maternal race/ethnicity.

b

All percentages, odds ratios, and confidence intervals reported are from survey-weighted procedures.

PRAMS, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System.