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Table 2 Hazard ratios (HRs) for stillbirth for given maternal residential drinking water nitrate concentration during the first 22 weeks of pregnancy

From: Prenatal nitrosatable prescription drug intake, drinking water nitrate, and the risk of stillbirth: a register- and population-based cohort of Danish pregnancies, 1997–2017

Household NO3- average (mg/L)

No stillbirth

Stillbirth

HR (95% CI)

Unadjusted

Adjusteda

≤1

151,433

616

1

1

> 1- ≤ 2

198,781

713

0.88 (0.79–0.98)

0.97 (0.80–1.18)

> 2- ≤ 5

214,620

749

0.86 (0.78–0.96)

0.88 (0.72–1.07)

> 5- ≤ 25

63,221

240

0.93 (0.80–1.08)

0.95 (0.73–1.24)

> 25

22,344

93

1.01 (0.81–1.26)

1.26 (0.89–1.79)

  1. aAdjusted for parity, urbanicity and maternal age, body mass index, smoking, education and occupation