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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2022 Mar 3;17:e94. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2021.367

Table 3.

Perinatal outcomes by timing of pregnancy relative to Hurricane Michael within each area

Unadjusted Adjustinga for maternal characteristics


OR 95%CI OR 95%CI

Low birth weight (LBW)

Area Ab (N=1230/14097)

 3rd trimester vs beforec 0.891 0.721 1.100 0.884 0.715 1.094

 2nd trimester vs before 1.156 0.965 1.385 1.145 0.955 1.374

 1st trimester vs before 1.270 1.052 1.532 1.247 1.032 1.507

 Within 2 months after vs before 1.397 1.150 1.698 1.361 1.118 1.656

Area B (N=693/8508)

 3rd trimester vs before 0.686 0.504 0.936 0.65 0.483 0.900

 2nd trimester vs before 0.949 0.739 1.22 0.917 0.712 1.181

 1st trimester vs before 1.106 0.861 1.421 1.085 0.843 1.398

 Within 2 months after vs before 1.322 1.022 1.711 1.293 0.998 1.677

Area C (N=32335/398486)

 3rd trimester vs before 0.645 0.618 0.674 0.645 0.617 0.674

 2nd trimester vs before 1.005 0.970 1.041 1.006 0.971 1.043

 1st trimester vs before 0.979 0.944 1.016 0.994 0.957 1.031

 Within 2 months after vs before 1.013 0.972 1.056 1.017 0.975 1.060

Preterm birth (PTB)

Area A (N=1639/13265)

 3rd trimester vs before 0.567 0.462 0.696 0.557 0.453 0.684

 2nd trimester vs before 0.888 0.754 1.046 0.878 0.745 1.035

 1st trimester vs before 1.036 0.876 1.225 1.013 0.856 1.199

 Within 2 months after vs before 1.116 0.937 1.328 1.080 0.906 1.288

Area B (N=1069/8141)

 3rd trimester vs before 0.591 0.451 0.775 0.578 0.441 0.759

 2nd trimester vs before 1.161 0.952 1.417 1.132 0.927 1.382

 1st trimester vs before 1.241 1.013 1.521 1.223 0.997 1.500

 Within 2 months after vs before 1.233 0.989 1.539 1.203 0.963 1.502

Area C (N=47621/379087)

 3rd trimester vs before 0.591 0.569 0.614 0.588 0.567 0.611

 2nd trimester vs before 1.050 1.019 1.081 1.046 1.015 1.077

 1st trimester vs before 1.008 0.977 1.039 1.015 0.983 1.047

 Within 2 months after vs before 0.982 0.948 1.017 0.981 0.947 1.017

Small for gestational age (SGA)

Area A (N=1691/13265)

 3rd trimester vs before 1.141 0.967 1.347 1.135 0.959 1.342

 2nd trimester vs before 1.089 0.931 1.275 1.067 0.910 1.251

 1st trimester vs before 1.090 0.921 1.29 1.063 0.896 1.261

 Within 2 months after vs before 1.332 1.124 1.577 1.291 1.087 1.533

Area B (N=808/8141)

 3rd trimester vs before 1.003 0.783 1.286 0.98 0.762 1.259

 2nd trimester vs before 0.975 0.774 1.227 0.951 0.754 1.200

 1st trimester vs before 1.194 0.953 1.496 1.184 0.942 1.487

 Within 2 months after vs before 1.097 0.853 1.411 1.090 0.845 1.405

Area C (N=41949/379066)

 3rd trimester vs before 0.968 0.936 1.001 0.971 0.939 1.004

 2nd trimester vs before 0.985 0.955 1.016 0.994 0.963 1.026

 1st trimester vs before 0.969 0.938 1.001 0.991 0.959 1.025

 Within 2 months after vs before 0.958 0.923 0.995 0.971 0.935 1.008
a

LBW adjusting for: mother’s education, age, ethnicity, smoking during pregnancy, and whether in WIC program; PTB, SGA adjusting for: mother’s age, education, ethnicity, pre-pregnancy BMI, smoking during pregnancy, and whether in WIC program

b

Before: gave birth before Hurricane Michael

c

Area A=FEMA individual; Area B=FEMA public; Area C=non-affected