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. 2021 Apr 7;114(1):109–116. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqab033

TABLE 2.

Final model of the determinants of small-for-gestational-age (SGA) and large-for-gestational-age (LGA)1

SGA LGA
Variables OR (95% CI) OR (95% CI)
Urban/rural area of residence
 Urban Ref Ref
 Rural 1.01 (1.00, 1.01) 1.02 (1.01, 1.02)
Housing conditions
 No inadequacy Ref Ref
 1–2 inadequacies 1.01 (1.00, 1.01) 1.08 (1.08, 1.09)
 3+ inadequacies 1.06 (1.05, 1.07) 1.11 (1.10, 1.12)
Maternal race/ethnicity
 White/Asian descent Ref Ref
 Mixed-race (parda) 1.08 (1.07, 1.09) 1.07 (1.06, 1.07)
 Black 1.21 (1.19, 1.22) 0.99 (0.98, 1.00)
 Indigenous 1.11 (1.06, 1.15) 1.22 (1.19, 1.25)
Marital status
 Married, civil union Ref Ref
 Single, divorced, widowed 1.08 (1.07, 1.08) 0.93 (0.92, 0.93)
Maternal schooling
 ≥8 y of study Ref Ref
 4–7 y of study 1.14 (1.13, 1.15) 1.09 (1.08, 1.09)
 1–3 y of study 1.26 (1.24, 1.28) 1.18 (1.17, 1.19)
 Illiterate 1.47 (1.42, 1.52) 1.14 (1.11, 1.18)
Number of prenatal visits
 ≥7 visits Ref Ref
 4–6 visits 1.11 (1.10, 1.12) 1.09 (1.09, 1.10)
 1–3 visits 1.26 (1.24, 1.27) 1.16 (1.14, 1.17)
 None 1.57 (1.53, 1.60) 0.95 (0.93, 0.97)
Maternal age at birth
 20–35 y Ref Ref
 14–20 y 1.21 (1.20, 1.22) 0.72 (0.72, 0.73)
 35–49 y 1.12 (1.10, 1.13) 1.26 (1.25, 1.27)
Newborn's sex
 Male Ref Ref
 Female 1.04 (1.04, 1.05) 0.99 (0.98, 0.99)
1

Multinomial (polytomous) adjusted logistic regression was applied to all modeled variables and year of cohort entry. Ref, reference.