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Table 2 Association between maternal risk factors and prematurity in multivariate analysis

From: Maternal socioeconomic factors and the risk of premature birth and low birth weight in Cyprus: a case–control study

Risk Factor

Contrast

Odds Ratio (95% CI)

P-value

Age at child birth

Continuous

1.12 (1.06, 1.18)

< 0.001

Pre-gestation BMI

Continuous

0.96 (0.92, 1.01)

0.11

Gestational diabetes

Categorical

0.53 (0.30, 0.97)

0.04

Depression

Categorical

1.38 (0.25, 7.61)

0.71

Stress

Categorical

8.5 (3.03, 23.89)

< 0.001

Family status

Categorical

1.11 (0.57, 2.15)

0.77

Manual labour

Categorical

1.54 (0.90, 2.65)

0.11

Long working hours

Categorical

3.77 (2.08, 6.84)

< 0.001