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Table 1 Body mass index (BMI) (95% CI) at which the predicted risk of outcomes was lowest among pregnancies in nulliparous and parous women

From: Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index and risk of preterm birth: a collaboration using large routine health datasets

Dataset

Mean BMI (kg/m2)

Any PTB

MPTB

Nulliparous

 CPP

21.6

NAa

18.8 (b)

 Danish linked data

24.0

22.3 (21.7, 23.6)

20.7 (20.5, 21.1)

 Norwegian birth registry

24.1

21.4 (20.7, 23.1)

20.0 (19.6, 20.9)

 CPRD

24.9

21.6 (20.9, 23.1)

20.6 (20.3, 21.4)

 South Australian BEBOLD

25.9

22.3 (21.1, 26.7)

20.3 (20.0, 20.9)

 NCHS data (USA)

26.4

21.2 (21.2, 21.3)

20.2 (20.2, 20.3)

 SAIL databank

26.7

23.2 (21.6, 28.5)

21.6 (20.1, 42.5)

 Bradford

28.8

27.8 (20.1, b)

27.6 (b)

Meta-analysed data

 

22.2 (21.5, 23.5)

20.4 (20.0, 21.1)

Parous women

 CPP

23.3

NAa

NAc

 Danish linked data

24.6

23.8 (22.9, 25.2)

21.9 (21.4, 22.8)

 Norwegian birth registry

24.7

22.3 (21.4, 24.2)

20.2 (20.0, 20.5)

 CPRD

26.5

26.5 (23.3, 41.8)

22.4 (20.7, 30.1)

 South Australian BEBOLD

27.1

26.0 (22.8, 38.3)

23.1 (21.3, 28.3)

 NCHS data (USA)

27.5

24.1 (23.9, 24.2)

21.5 (21.2, 21.8)

 SAIL databank

27.7

28.7 (23.9, b)

23.5 (21.1, b)

 Bradford

29.7

NAa

NAa

Meta-analysed data

 

25.9 (24.1, 31.7)

22.2 (21.1, 24.3)

  1. aRisk decreased across the whole BMI range
  2. bLimit(s) outside the observed BMI range due to high variability in the fractional polynomial terms
  3. cInsufficient data