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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of incident cervical insufficiency (ICI) cases and controls, stratified by parity

From: Identification of risk factors for incident cervical insufficiency in nulliparous and parous women: a population-based case-control study

 

Nulliparous (N=11,087)

Parous (N=15,798)

 

CI (n=759) (%)

Control (n=10,328) (%)

Crude OR (95% CI)

CI (n=1498) (%)

Control (n=14,300) (%)

Crude ORa (95% CI)

Height (cm)

165.4 ± 6.88

166.5 ± 6.36

0.97 (0.96, 0.99)

165.2 ± 6.39

166.2 ± 6.27

0.98 (0.97, 0.99)

 Missing, N (%)

107 (14.10)

813 (7.87)

~

146 (9.75)

1065 (7.45)

~

BMI

24.68 ± 4.95

23.85 ± 4.26

1.05 (1.04, 1.07)

24.75 ± 4.80

24.56 ± 4.38

1.01 (1.00, 1.02)

 Missing, N (%)

148 (19.50)

1412 (13.67)

~

218 (14.55)

1900 (13.29)

~

Age (years)

29.02 ± 5.08

27.38 ± 5.88

1.07 (1.06, 1.09)

32.02 ± 5.06

30.96 ± 4.78

1.05 (1.04, 1.07)

Mother’s country of birth:

 Sweden (reference)

540 (71.15)

8478 (82.09)

 

1020 (68.09)

11335 (79.27)

 

 African and Eastern Mediterranean

97 (12.78)

589 (5.70)

2.79 (2.26, 3.44)

171 (11.42)

1116 (7.80)

1.7 (1.45, 2.00)

 Other

107 (14.10)

1168 (11.31)

1.7 (1.41, 2.04)

295 (19.69)

1782 (12.46)

1.83 (1.60, 2.08)

Previous miscarriage number:

None

397 (52.31)

9068 (87.80)

 

795 (53.07)

10910 (76.29)

 

 1

177 (23.32)

1081 (10.47)

3.46 (2.92, 4.09)

367 (24.50)

2496 (17.45)

2.05 (1.81, 2.32)

 2

126 (16.60)

140 (1.36)

16.16 (12.91, 20.22)

182 (12.15)

659 (4.61)

3.66 (3.09, 4.32)

 ≥3

59 (7.77)

39 (0.38)

27.31 (19.83, 37.60)

154 (10.28)

235 (1.64)

9.63 (7.90, 11.74)

Any miscarriage

362 (47.69)

1260 (12.20)

6.21 (5.42, 7.12)

703 (46.93)

3390 (23.71)

2.92 (2.64, 3.23)

Multifetal gestation

37 (4.87)

85 (0.82)

6.32 (4.74, 8.44)

57 (3.81)

211 (1.48)

3.05 (2.35, 3.95)

Smoking during pregnancy

99 (13.04)

1254 (12.14)

1.12 (0.91, 1.37)

222 (14.82)

1752 (12.06)

1.34 (1.15, 1.55)

 Missing

248 (32.67)

412 (27.39)

~

458 (30.57)

4050 (28.32)

~

Chronic diabetes

9 (1.19)

51 (0.49)

2.68 (1.46, 4.91)

21 (1.40)

93 (0.65)

2.09 (1.32, 3.30)

Polycystic ovarian syndrome

14 (1.84)

100 (0.97)

3.38 (2.31, 4.94)

20 (1.34)

66 (0.46)

2.89 (1.92, 4.34)

History of dilation and curettage

18 (2.37)

138 (1.34)

1.89 (1.22, 2.93)

44 (2.94)

162 (1.13)

2.36 (1.70, 3.26)

History of cervical excision

47 (6.19)

303 (2.93)

2.22 (1.67, 2.95)

103 (6.88)

473 (3.31)

2.25 (1.82, 2.77)

History of any cervical procedures

67 (8.83)

487 (4.72)

1.97 (1.55, 2.50)

142 (9.48)

736 (5.15)

1.96 (1.64, 2.34)

Parity more than two

~

~

~

668 (44.59)

5112 (33.75)

1.38 (1.24, 1.53)

Previous gestational diabetes

~

~

~

20 (1.34)

167 (1.17)

1.64 (1.00, 2.68)

Previous delivery with prolonged second stage of labor:

None

   

1141 (76.17)

10,315 (72.13)

 

 1

~

~

~

295 (19.69)

3215 (22.48)

0.83 (0.73, 0.95)

 2 or more

~

~

~

62 (4.14)

770 (5.38)

0.73 (0.60, 0.88)

Previous PPROM

~

~

~

87 (5.81)

295 (2.06)

2.93 (2.29, 3.74)

Previous Preterm birth

~

~

~

301 (20.09)

1216 (8.50)

2.71 (2.35, 3.11)

Total number of previous preterm births:

None

   

1197 (79.91)

13,084 (91.50)

 

 1

~

~

~

248 (16.56)

1179 (8.24)

2.3 (1.98, 2.67)

 2 or more

~

~

~

53 (3.54)

37 (0.26)

15.66 (10.2, 23.9)

Weeks to term of if premature delivery prior to index

~

~

~

5.29 ± 4.37

2.91 ± 2.69

1.53 (1.48, 1.58)

Number of previous cesarean:

None

   

1218 (81.31)

11,892 (83.16)

 

 1

~

~

~

262 (17.49)

2289 (16.01)

1.12 (0.97, 1.29)

 2 or more

~

~

~

18 (1.20)

119 (0.83)

1.48 (0.90, 2.44)

Previous macrosomia

~

~

~

329 (21.96)

4019 (28.10)

0.72 (0.63, 0.82)

  1. Numbers (and %) for categorical variables, mean (± SD) for continuous variable, number (%) missing where more than 10% in either group, and crude odds ratios
  2. aFor continuous variables, the odds ratio is for unit change; for all other variables, the reference category is “none”, except for country of birth where Sweden is the reference