Table 2 Adjusted odds ratios for SIDS, all infant deaths, and respiratory deaths with dichotomous cigarette use and other potential confounders*

From: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and prenatal maternal smoking: rising attributed risk in the Back to Sleepera

	SIDS	p	All deaths	p	Respiratory deaths	p
Reported smoking		<0.0001		0.0001		0.0032
No cigarette use	1.0		1.0		1.0
Cigarette use	1.9		1.5		3.0
Gender		<0.0001		<0.0001	Not significant
Female	1.0		1.0
Male	2.0		1.4
Marital status		<0.0001		<0.0001		0.0127
Married	1.0		1.0		1.0
Not married	1.7		1.5		2.5
Pregnancy interval		0.0033		0.0016		0.0056
12 months or more	1.0		1.0		1.0
Less than 12 mo.	1.6		1.4		3.8
Gestational age		0.0053		<0.0001	Not significant
Term	1.0		1.0
Less than 37 weeks	1.6		3.7
Any alcohol use	Not significant		Not significant		Not significant
Education		0.0002		<0.0001	Not significant
More than college	1.0		1.0
College	0.6		1.0
Some college	0.9		1.2
High school	0.9		1.2
Some high school	1.3		1.4
Unknown	0.7		2.1
Ethnicity		0.0204	Not significant			0.0337
White	1.0				1.0
Hispanic	0.8				1.8
Black	1.4				0.6
Other	0.7				4.5
Year of birth		<0.0001		<0.0001	Not significant
1998	1.0		1.0
1997	1.7		1.0
1996	1.7		0.8
1995	1.6		0.8
1994	1.7		0.9
1993	2.7		1.0
1992	3.0		1.1
1991	3.6		1.3
1990	3.0		1.3
1989	3.1		1.4

*Logistic regression modelling with corresponding p-values for each variable

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