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. 2021 Oct 31;156(3):459–465. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13989

TABLE 1.

Risk for stillbirth and preterm birth in Austria during the pandemic period (March to December 2020) in comparison with the same time period of the preceding years

Events (per 1000 births) Odds ratio (95% confidence interval)
Pre‐COVID‐19 COVID‐19
Births in March to December 2015–2019 Births in March to December 2020 Unadjusted P value Adjusted P value
(n = 347 363) (n = 65 660)
n n
Stillbirth 866 2.49 171 2.60 1.04 (0.89–1.23) 0.601 1.03 (0.86–1.23) a 0.751
1.05 (0.87–1.26) b 0.644
Preterm birth (<37+0 weeks) 21 196 61.02 3695 56.27 0.93 (0.90–0.96) <0.001
Extremely preterm (<28+0 weeks) 936 44.16 173 46.82
Very preterm (28+0 to 31+6 weeks) 1912 90.21 336 90.93
Moderately preterm (32+0 to 36+6 weeks) 18 348 865.64 3186 862.25
a

Adjusted for maternal age, parity, body mass index.

b

Adjusted for maternal age, parity, body mass index, and smoking status.