Maternal age (years) Induced LPD Spontaneous LPD Term deliveries Induced LPD vs Term deliveries Spontaneous LPD vs Term deliveries
No. (%) No. (%) No. (%) OR (95% CI) * OR (95% CI) *
≤ 30 41 32.3 41 23.0 82 30.5 1.00   1.00  
31-34 23 18.1 43 24.2 72 26.8 0.80 0.41-1.57 1.31 0.74-2.31
≥ 35 49 38.6 53 29.8 103 38.3 1.11 0.41-1.57 1.10 0.64-1.87
Missing 14 11.0 41 23.0 12  4.5        
Education(years)  
≤ 8 25 19.7 28 15.7 44 16.4 1.00   1.00  
9-13 38 29.9 42 23.6 85 31.6 0.79 0.39-1.61 0.80 0.41-1.54
≥ 14 23 18.1 20 11.2 50 18.6 0.88 0.39-2.01 0.84 0.39-1.84
Missing 41 32.3 88 49.4 90 33.5        
Marital status  
Never married 20 15.7 35 19.7 43 16.0 1.00   1.00  
Ever Married 93 73.2 110 61.8 207 77.0 0.88 0.45-1.70 0.62 0.36-1.07
Missing 14 11.0 33 18.5 19 7.1        
BMI  
≤ 24 29 22.8 44 24.7 76 28.3 1.00   1.00  
24.1-27.5 33 26.0 40 22.5 73 27.1 1.23 0.64-2.37 1.06 0.60-1.89
≥ 27.6 38 29.9 40 22.5 77 28.6 0.79 0.40-1.55 0.99 0.56-1.76
Missing 27 21.3 54 30.3 43 16.0        
Spontaneous abortion  
0 36 28.3 38 21.3 73 27.1 1.00   1.00  
1 70 55.1 104 58.4 138 51.3 0.82 0.47-1.44 1.09 0.65-1.83
≥2 21 16.5 36 20.2 58 21.6 0.49 0.24-1.04 1.06 0.57-1.98
Induced abortions  
0 109 85.8 162 91.0 237 88.1 1.00   1.00  
≥ 1 18 14.2 16 8.99 32 11.9 0.87 0.44-1.72 1.38 0.68-2.78
Parity  
0 82 64.6 101 56.7 141 52.4 1.00   1.00  
1 36 28.3 49 27.5 94 34.9 0.48 0.28-0.84 0.60 0.37-0.97
≥ 2 9  7.1 28 15.7 34 12.6 0.29 0.12-0.72 0.86 0.46-1.61
History of preterm birth  
No 109 85.8 158 88.8 250 92.9 1.00   1.00  
Yes 18 14.2 20 11.2 19  7.1 2.44 1.11-5.39 2.37 1.14-4.89
Smoking in pregnancy  
No 103 81.1 143 80.3 208 77.3 1.00   1.00  
Yes 12 9.4 23 12.9 40 14.9 0.57 0.26-1.24 0.73 0.39-1.36
Missing 12 9.4 12 6.7 21  7.8 0.86 0.37-2.03 0.91 0.41-2.02
N. Cigarettes/die  
≤ 4 4 36.4 10 50.0 18 48.6 1.00   1.00  
≥ 5 7 63.6 10 50.0 19 51.4 1.26 0.21-7.57 1.55 0.29-8.23
*multivariate estimates including terms for age, parity, history of LPB, hypertension, culture for vaginal infection in pregnancy
Table 1: Sociodemographic and anamnestic factors and risk of late preterm birth.
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