Research Article

Care-Related and Maternal Risk Factors Associated with the Antenatal Nondetection of Intrauterine Growth Restriction: A Case-Control Study from Bremen, Germany

Table 4

Association between antenatal nondetection of IUGR and maternal and care-related factors; univariate and multivariable regression analyses.

Univariate regression model 
Odds Ratio 
Multivariable regression
Odds Ratio 

Maternal migration background
 Yes1.54 [0.71, 3.36]1.76 [0.68, 4.56]
 NoReferenceReference
Socioeconomic status
 HighReferenceReference
 Middle0.82 [0.43, 1.56]0.75 [0.35, 1.61]
 Low1.01 [0.29, 3.58]0.47 [0.10, 2.27]
Maternal age
 <35 years0.77 [0.40, 1.49]0.94 [0.44, 2.02]
 ≥35 yearsReferenceReference
Birthweight percentile
 <10th percentile2.62 [1.34, 5.15]2.82 [1.31, 6.10]
 <5th percentile0.75 [0.25, 2.24]0.73 [0.22, 2.49]
 <3rd percentileReferenceReference
Complications/diseases during pregnancy
 Yes0.46 [0.25, 0.87]0.38 [0.18, 0.79]
 NoReferenceReference
Doppler examination
 Yes0.19 [0.07, 0.49]0.13 [0.04, 0.40]
 NoReferenceReference
Fetal anomalies
 Yes0.38 [0.11, 1.28]0.21 [0.05, 0.97]
 NoReferenceReference
Multiple gestation
 Yes0.58 [0.20, 1.72]0.45 [0.12, 1.61]
 NoReferenceReference
BMI (kg/m2)
 NormalReference
 Overweight0.87 [0.38, 1.98]
 Obese0.54 [0.22, 1.32]
Weight gain during pregnancy
 Higher than adequate0.71 [0.0.33, 1.53]
 AdequateReference
 Lower than adequate1.03 [0.48, 2.22]
Tobacco consumption
 Yes1.05 [0.38, 2.87]
 NoReference
 NulliparousReference
 Multiparous1.22 [0.65, 2.27]
Index antenatal care use
 AdequateReference
 Less adequate or inadequate0.75 [0.22, 2.56]
Hospitalization during pregnancy
 Yes0.58 [0.27, 1.23]
 NoReference
Newborn sex
 Male1.02 [0.55, 1.90]
 FemaleReference

for maternal migration background, socioeconomic status, maternal age (<35 yrs versus ≥35 yrs), birthweight percentile (<10th–≥5th, <5th–≥3rd, <3rd), complications/diseases during pregnancy, Doppler examination, fetal anomalies, and multiple gestation.
current pregnancy/birth.
Note. Numbers of entries given in bold indicate a significant association.