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Table 2 Association between ambient temperature during the last four weeks before delivery and preterm birth by individual characteristics

From: Disparities in the association between ambient temperature and preterm birth according to individual and regional characteristics: a nationwide time-stratified case-crossover study

 

OR (95% CI)

Overall

Rural

Urban

Overall

1.03 (1.02, 1.05)

1.06 (1.01, 1.12)

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)

Maternal age

 <35 years

1.02 (1.00, 1.04)

1.04 (0.98, 1.10)

1.02 (1.00, 1.04)

 ≥35 years

1.06 (1.03, 1.10)

1.12 (1.02, 1.23)

1.06 (1.02, 1.09)

Parity

 Primiparity

1.03 (1.01, 1.06)

1.11 (1.03, 1.19)

1.02 (1.00, 1.05)

 Multiparity

1.03 (1.01, 1.06)

1.01 (0.93, 1.10)

1.03 (1.00, 1.06)

Maternal education level

 ≤ College

1.04 (1.02, 1.05)

1.06 (1.01, 1.12)

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)

 > College

1.00 (0.94, 1.07)

1.09 (0.87, 1.36)

0.99 (0.93, 1.06)

Classification of prematuritya

 Late to moderate preterm

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)

1.08 (1.02, 1.13)

1.03 (1.01, 1.05)

 Very to extreme preterm

1.03 (0.98, 1.08)

0.97 (0.83, 1.12)

1.04 (0.99, 1.10)

  1. ORs were presented as those for 5℃ increase in moving averaged-temperature during the last four weeks before delivery. Urban and rural were categorized using median of population density.
  2. aClassification of prematuriy was specified based on gestational age: late to moderate preterm (32 to 37 weeks) and very to extreme preterm (20 to 32 weeks).
  3. CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio