Very Low Birth Weight and Perinatal Periods of Risk: Disparities in St. Louis

Table 4

Adjusted odds ratios (AOR), 95% confidence intervals (CI), risk factor prevalence and population attributable risk percents (PAR%) for risk factors associated with very low birth weight in St. Louis City 2000–2009.

Risk/Preventive Factors	AOR	95% CI	Prevalence	PAR%
St. Louis City (𝑛=48727)
Maternal Race: Black	2.04	1.69, 2.45	0.66	40.56
Maternal Age: <20	0.96	0.80, 1.16	0.18	−0.71
Maternal Age: >34	1.51	1.22, 1.87	0.09	4.48
Maternal Education: <13 years	1.09	0.93, 1.29	0.62	5.25
Medicaid: Yes	0.93	0.80, 1.09	0.63	−4.61
Inadequate Prenatal Care: Yes	2.12	1.84, 2.45	0.19	17.32
Parity: Nulliparous	1.04	0.87, 1.23	0.41	1.60
Parity: Multiparous	0.88	0.74, 1.04	0.33	−4.14
Smoking: Yes	1.18	1.01, 1.40	0.16	2.83
Diabetes: Yes	0.89	0.64, 1.25	0.04	−0.43
Chronic Hypertension: Yes	1.39	0.98, 1.97	0.02	0.81
Gestational Hypertension: Yes	3.28	2.77, 3.88	0.06	12.56
Eclampsia: Yes	15.30	6.50, 36.02	0.001	1.13

∗Bolded risk factors are significant at 𝑃<.05.