Amniocentesis 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)§
No 105 82.7 142 79.8 211 78.4 1.00   1.00  
Yes 22 17.3 36 20.2 58 21.6 0.84 0.44-1.61 1.19 0.69-2.04
Chorionic villus sampling  
No 121 95.3 167 93.8 255 94.8 1.00   1.00  
Yes 6 4.7 11 6.2 14 5.2 0.94 0.32-2.79 1.10 0.44-2.75
Hypertension*  
No 89 70.1 169 94.9 256 95.2 1.00   1.00  
Yes 38 29.9 9 5.1 13 4.8 6.70 3.25-13.82 0.90 0.35-2.
Diabetes**  
No 112 88.2 166 93.3 246 91.4 1.00   1.00  
Yes 15 11.8 12 6.7 23 8.6 0.78 0.34-1.77 0.59 0.16-1.33
Vaginal culture  
Negative 43 35.5 61 36.3 175 66.5 1.00   1.00  
Positive 12 9.9 23 13.7 23 8.7 2.57 1.12-5.91 3.25 1.65-6.37
Not done 66 54.5 84 50.0 65 24.7 3.84 2.28-6.46 3.82 2.42-6.02
Urino culture  
Negative 44 34.6 43 24.2 94 34.9 1.00   1.00  
Positive 11 8.7 7 3.9 11 4.1 1.51 0.51-4.44 1.32 0.45-3.91
Not done 72 56.7 128 71.9 164 61.0 0.61 0.35-1.07 0.92 0.56-1.52
*chronic hypertension was diagnosed in 7 cases and 4 controls
**pre pregnancy diabetes was diagnosed in 6 cases and 2 controls
§multivariate estimates including terms for age, parity, history of LPB, hypertension, culture for vaginal infection in pregnancy
Table 2: Pregnancy specific factors and risk of late preterm birth.
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