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

Table 3.

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

Variables and trend type Decreasing No trend Increasing
Prior preterm birth rate
ABO rate Decreasing (n = 54)a 1 (2%)b 38 (70%) 15 (28%)
No trend (n = 1248) 34 (3%) 731 (58%) 483 (39%)
Increasing (n = 116) 4 (4%) 55 (47%) 57 (49%)
Woman’s age ≥ 35 rate
ABO rate Decreasing (n = 54) 8 (15%) 42 (78%) 4 (7%)
No trend (n = 1248) 156 (12%) 996 (80%) 96 (8%)
Increasing (n = 116) 13 (11%) 93 (80%) 10 (9%)
Woman’s age < 20 rate
ABO rate Decreasing (n = 54) 20 (37%) 34 (63%) 0 (0%)
No Trend (n = 1248) 385 (31%) 839 (67%) 24 (2%)
Increasing (n = 116) 24 (21%) 88 (76%) 4 (3%)
Cigarette use rate
ABO rate Decreasing (n = 54) 9 (17%) 44 (82%) 1 (2%)
No trend (n = 1248) 162 (13%) 1056 (85%) 30 (2%)
Increasing (n = 116) 17 (15%) 87 (75%) 12 (10%)
Chronic hypertension rate
ABO rate Decreasing (n = 54) 2 (4%) 38 (70%) 14 (26%)
No trend (n = 1248) 7 (1%) 704 (56%) 537 (43%)
Increasing (n = 116) 1 (1%) 54 (46%) 61 (53%)
Gestational hypertension rate
ABO rate Decreasing (n = 54) 4 (7%) 47 (87%) 3 (6%)
No trend (n = 1248) 57 (4%) 1071 (86%) 120 (10%)
Increasing (n = 116) 1 (1%) 90 (77%) 25 (22%)
Gestational diabetes rate
ABO rate Decreasing (n = 54) 0 (0%) 41 (76%) 13 (24%)
No trend (n = 1248) 7 (1%) 902 (72%) 339 (27%)
Increasing (n = 116) 1 (1%) 83 (71%) 32 (28%)

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