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. 2019 Dec 2;35(3):273–282. doi: 10.1007/s10654-019-00590-7

Table 2.

Birth weight for gestational age percentiles and gestational age and risk of intellectual disability in non-malformed, term or post-term, appropriate-for-gestational-age children (complete case analysis) (N = 721,094)

Characteristics Any intellectual disability
Population analysis Sibling comparison analysis
No. of children No. of cases HR (95%CI) No. of children No. of cases HR (95%CI)
Birth weight for gestational age percentiles
 Total 721,094 1415 260,928 482
 10th–24th 136,786 338 1.43 (1.22–1.67) 43,641 113 1.52 (1.00–2.31)a
 25th–39th 141,509 307 1.28 (1.10–1.50) 53,677 120 1.44 (1.00–2.09)b
 40th–59th 189,271 318 Ref 69,628 103 Ref
 60th–74th 132,855 235 1.04 (0.88–1.23) 52,251 86 1.25 (0.79–1.97)
 75th–90th 120,673 217 1.03 (0.87–1.23) 41,731 60 1.25 (0.77–2.02)
Gestational age (weeks)
 Total 721,094 1415 245,625 456
 37–38 132,997 282 1.18 (1.00–1.39)c 40,987 80 1.33 (0.82–2.16)
 39 172,855 340 1.16 (1.00–1.34)d 60,831 113 0.96 (0.65–1.41)
 40 217,163 367 Ref 72,671 126 Ref
 41 140,970 284 1.17 (1.00–1.36)c 50,216 92 0.79 (0.51–1.24)
 ≥ 42 57,109 142 1.23 (1.00–1.50)e 20,920 45 1.07 (0.57–2.01)

In population analysis, model was adjusted for maternal age at delivery, parity, educational level, country of birth, smoking during pregnancy, height, BMI in early pregnancy, maternal diabetic and hypertensive diseases, as well as child’s sex, calendar period of delivery, onset of labor, and mode of delivery. In sibling comparison analysis, model was adjusted for maternal age at delivery, parity, smoking during pregnancy, BMI in early pregnancy, maternal diabetic and hypertensive diseases, and child’s sex, calendar period of delivery, onset of labor, and mode of delivery

aP = 0.050

bP = 0.053

cP = 0.054

dP = 0.041

eP = 0.049