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. 2019 Mar 20;364:l869. doi: 10.1136/bmj.l869

Table 5.

Risk of miscarriage in Norway between 2009 and 2013 according to the women’s own birth record (n=258 954*)

Exposure Total number of pregnancies excluding induced abortions Number of miscarriages (%) Adjusted† odds ratio (95% CI)
Gestational age at delivery:
 Preterm 10 599 1396 (13.2) 1.05 (0.99 to 1.12)
 Term 194 910 24 462 (12.6) Ref
 Post-term 38 044 4955 (13.0) 1.04 (1.00 to 1.08)
Fetal growth:
 Small for gestational age 26 397 3598 (13.6) 1.08 (1.04 to 1.13)
 Normal for gestational age 195 358 24 571 (12.6) Ref
 Large for gestational age 21 548 2618 (12.2) 0.97 (0.93 to 1.02)
Pre-eclampsia:
 No 252 346 31 951 (12.7) Ref
 Yes 6608 852 (12.9) 1.06 (0.98 to 1.15)
*

76 903 pregnancies excluded because they resulted in an induced abortion; 1412 pregnancies excluded because the woman was born before the medical birth register was set up (1967); and 83 932 pregnancies excluded because the woman was born outside of Norway.

Adjusted for age.