Cohort-specific prevalence of preterm and SGA births by maternal education
| Country* | FR | NL | UK | CZ | UA | FI | NO | SE | GR | IT | PT | ES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth cohort | EDEN | ABCD | MCS† | ELSPAC | FCOU | NFBC8586 | HUMIS | ABIS | GBC | GASPII | G21 | INMA |
| Preterm birth, % | ||||||||||||
| High | 5.2 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 1.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 5.9 | 3.3 | 8.9 | 4.4 | 7.4 | 3.3 |
| Medium | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.9 | 1.1 | 6.1 | 4.0 | 9.2 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 6.4 | 4.3 |
| Low | 8.6 | 7.0 | 8.2 | 1.5 | 7.3 | 5.4 | 9.7 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 6.3 |
| p for trend | 0.146 | 0.001 | 0.014 | 0.884 | 0.064 | 0.021 | 0.009 | 0.012 | 0.178 | 0.331 | 0.192 | 0.005 |
| SGA birth, % | ||||||||||||
| High | 9.7 | 5.4 | 7.6 | 10.5 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 4.1 | 8.9 | 6.6 | 11.8 | 11.9 |
| Medium | 13.5 | 9.1 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 7.5 | 4.2 | 8.2 | 10.8 | 11.4 | 15.3 |
| Low | 12.9 | 10.8 | 17.2 | 11.2 | 12.2 | 5.3 | 8.1 | 5.3 | 8.4 | 9.5 | 13.7 | 18.5 |
| p for trend | 0.026 | <0.001 | <0.001 | 0.605 | 0.024 | 0.036 | 0.165 | 0.003 | 0.912 | 0.203 | 0.012 | <0.001 |
*Country abbreviations represent France (FR), the Netherlands (NL), the UK (UK), the Czech Republic (CZ), Ukraine (UA), Finland (FI), Norway (NO), Sweden (SE), Greece (GR), Italy (IT), Portugal (PT) and Spain (ES).
†Descriptive data of the MCS sample use survey weights to account for the cohort study's sampling design.
MCS, Millennium Cohort Study; SGA, small for gestational age.