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. 2019 May 17;28(5):621–627. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2018.7148

Table 3.

Difference in Carotid Intima-Media Thickness (mm) According to Preterm Birth and Clinical Subtypes; Women with Term Births Are the Referent

  All preterm births Clinical presentation Gestational age at delivery
  Preterm (n = 146) p Spontaneous (n = 97) p Indicated (n = 49) p 34-< 37 weeks (n = 113) p <34 weeks (n = 33) p
Model 1a
 Carotid IMT (all segments) 0.018 (0.01) 0.019 0.007 (0.01) 0.411 0.040 (0.01) 0.002 0.022 (0.01) 0.010 0.004 (0.01) 0.762
 Common carotid IMT 0.010 (0.01) 0.144 −0.001 (0.01) 0.869 0.032 (0.01) 0.001 0.012 (0.01) 0.106 0.003 (0.01) 0.816
 Carotid bulb IMT 0.039 (0.02) 0.013 0.030 (0.02) 0.081 0.056 (0.03) 0.044 0.044 (0.02) 0.014 0.021 (0.03) 0.415
 Internal carotid IMT 0.013 (0.01) 0.265 0.002 (0.01) 0.908 0.037 (0.02) 0.061 0.020 (0.01) 0.134 −0.010 (0.02) 0.620
Model 2a
 Carotid IMT (all segments) 0.014 (0.01) 0.052 0.005 (0.01) 0.561 0.034 (0.01) 0.009 0.018 (0.01) 0.026 0.001 (0.01) 0.965
 Common carotid IMT 0.007 (0.01) 0.300 −0.003 (0.01) 0.741 0.026 (0.01) 0.010 0.009 (0.01) 0.217 0.000 (0.01) 0.999
 Carotid bulb IMT 0.033 (0.01) 0.029 0.024 (0.02) 0.138 0.050 (0.03) 0.075 0.038 (0.02) 0.028 0.014 (0.02) 0.554
 Internal carotid 0.011 (0.01) 0.336 0.0003 (0.01) 0.980 0.034 (0.02) 0.101 0.018 (0.01) 0.171 −0.012 (0.02) 0.578

Model 1 adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, smoking, and BMI; Model 2 adjusted for factors in model 1 and systolic blood pressure, total cholesterol, and antihypertensive medication.

a

All models account for cohort sampling weights.