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

Table 5

Adjusted odds ratios (AOR), 95% confidence intervals (CI), risk factor prevalence and population attributable risk percentages (PAR%) for risk factors associated with very low birth weight, by Black race, St. Louis City and County, 2000–2009 (𝑁=160,189).

Risk/Preventive Factors	AOR	95% CI	Prevalence	PAR%
Black (n = 67493)
County: St. Louis City	0.96	0.87, 1.07	0.47	−1.93
Maternal Age: <20	0.87	0.76, 1.01	0.20	−2.71
Maternal Age: >34	1.33	1.12, 1.57	0.08	2.42
Maternal Education: <13 years	1.00	0.89, 1.12	0.65	0.00
Medicaid: Yes	0.82	0.73, 0.91	0.70	−14.51
Inadequate Prenatal Care: Yes	2.19	1.96, 2.44	0.21	19.84
Parity: Nulliparous	1.15	1.01, 1.31	0.37	5.30
Parity: Multiparous	0.89	0.78, 1.01	0.36	−4.15
Smoking: Yes	1.25	1.08, 1.43	0.12	2.96
Diabetes: Yes	1.04	0.83, 1.31	0.04	0.16
Chronic Hypertension: Yes	1.55	1.22, 1.95	0.03	1.46
Gestational Hypertension: Yes	2.89	2.54, 3.28	0.07	11.98
Eclampsia: Yes	8.48	4.28, 16.77	0.001	0.67

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