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. 2019 Feb 19;19:75. doi: 10.1186/s12884-019-2219-5

Table 3.

Summary of multivariable logistic regression analyses of the association between homocysteine and placenta-mediated complications, n = 7587 a

Outcome variable Odds ratio (95% CI) b p-value c
Any placenta-mediated complication (759 events d)
 Homocysteine (linear) 0.0007
  5 μmol/L increase 1.629 (1.227, 2.161)
SGA (512 events d)
 Homocysteine (linear) 0.0010
  5 μmol/L increase 1.756 (1.254, 2.458)
SGA < 5th percentile (221 events d)
 Homocysteine (linear) 0.0012
  5 μmol/L increase 2.022 (1.322, 3.092)
Preeclampsia (227 events)
 Homocysteine (linear) 0.0736
  5 μmol/L increase 1.546 (0.959, 2.491)
Severe preeclampsia (43 events)
 Homocysteine (linear) 0.0595
  5 μmol/L increase 1.762 (0.978, 3.177)
Placental abruption (68 events)
 Homocysteine (linear) 0.9851
  5 μmol/L increase 1.005 (0.590, 1.711)
Pregnancy loss (85 events)
 Homocysteine (linear) 0.1586
  5 μmol/L increase 1.392 (0.879, 2.206)

aComplete results reported in Table 2: any placenta-mediated complication, Additional file 4, and Additional file 3: Table C.1: SGA, Table C.2: Preeclampsia, Table C.3: Placental abruption, and Table C.4: Pregnancy loss

bModels adjusted for maternal age, race, education, parity, smoking, diabetes, BMI, hormonal birth control prior to conception, chronic hypertension, history of a placenta mediated complication, folic acid supplementation, serum folate, and gestational age at blood work

cWald test of most meaningful hypotheses, pooled across multiple imputation datasets

d79 Missing outcome values imputed