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. 2019 Feb 9;36(4):749–757. doi: 10.1007/s10815-019-01415-y

Table 3.

Association between clinical factor and the frequency of abnormal karyotype

Abnormal karyotype Non-viable trisomy Viable trisomy
OR (95% CI) aORa (95% CI) OR (95% CI) aORa (95% CI) OR (95% CI) aORa (95% CI)
Maternal age (years)
 < 35 Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 35 to < 40 2.56 (1.38–4.76) 2.73 (1.45–5.15) 2.05 (1.19–3.53) 2.82 (1.54–5.17) 2.64 (1.11–6.29) 3.18 (1.19–8.45)
 ≥ 40 4.57 (2.12–9.84) 5.15 (2.35–11.3) 2.78 (1.56–4.95) 4.59 (2.36–8.92) 2.95 (1.21–7.21) 3.02 (1.11–8.24)
Previous miscarriages (n)
 < 2 Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 ≥ 2 0.53 (0.31–0.92) 0.48 (0.27–0.85) 1.06 (0.71–1.61) 0.89 (0.56–1.41) 0.43 (0.24–0.77) 0.53 (0.27–1.03)
Embryonic/fetal size at miscarriage (mm)
 Empty Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference Reference
 < 10 1.37 (0.64–2.96) 1.46 (0.66–3.26) 2.23 (1.21–4.09) 2.41 (1.27–4.58) 1.20 (0.21–6.74) 1.26 (0.22–7.12)
 10 to < 20 1.78 (0.77–4.11) 1.56 (0.65–3.74) 0.73 (0.40–1.34) 0.60 (0.31–1.14) 8.66 (1.96–38.3) 8.49 (1.90–37.9)
 ≥ 20 0.56 (0.25–1.22) 0.41 (0.18–0.95) 0.01 (0.00–0.09) 0.01 (0.00–0.07) 38.8 (8.80–171) 36.8 (8.26–164)

OR, odds ratio; aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval

aaOR was measured using a multivariate model including the maternal age, the number of previous miscarriage, and embryonic/fetal size at miscarriage