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. 2021 Feb 10;87(4):2491–2504. doi: 10.1007/s10708-021-10382-w

Table 2.

Co-occurrence of trends in ABO and individual-level variables for black women

Variables and trend type Decreasing No trend Increasing
Prior preterm birth rate
ABO rate Decreasing (n = 84)a 24 (29%)b 60 71%) 0 (0%)
No trend (n = 1230) 56 (5%) 1116 (91%) 58 (4%)
Increasing (n = 104) 3 (3%) 20 (19%) 81 (78%)
Woman’s age ≥ 35 rate
ABO rate Decreasing (n = 84) 8 (10%) 68 (81%) 8 (9%)
No trend (n = 1230) 10 (1%) 1052 (85%) 168 (14%)
Increasing (n = 104) 1 (1%) 24 (23%) 79 (76%)
Woman’s age < 20 rate
ABO rate Decreasing (n = 84) 44 (52%) 39 (47%) 1 (1%)
No trend (n = 1230) 243 (20%) 979 (79%) 8 (1%)
Increasing (n = 104) 4 (4%) 46 (44%) 54 (52%)
Cigarette use rate
ABO rate Decreasing (n = 84) 51 (61%) 33 (39%) 0 (0%)
No trend (n = 1230) 271 (22%) 955 (78%) 4 (0%)
Increasing (n = 104) 4 (4%) 45 (44%) 54 (52%)
Chronic hypertension rate
ABO rate Decreasing (n = 84) 12 (14%) 72 (86%) 0 (0%)
No trend (n = 1230) 22 (2%) 1111 (90%) 97 (8%)
Increasing (n = 104) 2 (2%) 20 (19%) 82 (79%)
Gestational hypertension rate
ABO rate Decreasing (n = 84) 23 (28%) 59 (70%) 2 (2%)
No trend (n = 1230) 36 (3%) 1146 (93%) 48 (4%)
Increasing (n = 104) 0 (0%) 31 (30%) 73 (70%)
Gestational diabetes rate
ABO rate Decreasing (n = 84) 13 (16%) 69 (82%) 2 (2%)
No trend (n = 1230) 13 (1%) 1104 (90%) 113 (9%)
Increasing (n = 104) 0 (0%) 20 (19%) 84 (81%)

The most notable co-occurrences are highlighted in bold

aThe number of census tracts with a particular trend type

bThe number and percent of census tracts in each cross-tabulation category