Table 4

Crude and total adjusted ORs (95% CI) of risk factors for fetal and early neonatal mortality

Risk factorsFetal mortality crude, n=3.135/554.234Total adjusted fetal mortality*Early neonatal mortality crude, n=1.266/551.099Total adjusted early neonatal mortality*
OR95% CIOR95% CIOR95% CIOR95% CI
Ethnicity
 Dutch1.0Reference1.0Reference1.0Reference1.0Reference
 Other Western0.80.71.10.80.61.00.60.40.90.50.30.8
 Turkish/Moroccan1.31.21.51.31.11.41.21.01.51.10.91.4
 African2.01.72.41.71.42.11.51.12.01.20.91.7
 South Asian1.91.42.41.81.42.31.10.71.91.10.71.8
 East Asian0.90.71.20.90.71.10.70.41.10.60.41.0
 Other non Western1.51.21.81.31.11.61.51.12.11.31.01.8
 Unknown1.10.71.81.10.71.71.00.52.21.00.52.1
Age (years)
 <201.51.21.71.10.91.31.61.32.11.31.01.7
 20–241.31.21.41.11.01.21.21.01.41.10.91.3
 25–341.0Reference1.0Reference1.0Reference1.0Reference
 35–391.31.21.51.31.21.51.21.01.51.21.01.5
 ≥401.91.52.51.91.42.41.51.02.41.50.92.3
Urbanisation
 Very urban1.00.91.10.80.70.90.90.81.10.90.71.0
 Urban/rural1.0Reference1.0Reference1.0Reference1.0Reference
 Very rural1.10.91.11.00.91.11.10.91.31.10.91.2
SES
 High1.0Reference1.0Reference1.0Reference1.0Reference
 Middle1.31.21.51.31.11.51.21.01.41.20.91.4
 Low1.61.41.91.41.21.71.21.01.61.20.91.7
Low income1.21.11.31.11.01.21.00.91.21.00.81.1
Booking visit (weeks)
 <121.0Reference1.0Reference1.0Reference1.0Reference
 12–170.90.80.90.80.80.90.90.81.00.90.81.0
 ≥182.01.82.11.91.22.02.01.72.21.91.72.2
 Unknown0.60.50.80.60.50.80.40.20.60.40.20.6
Heavy smoking1.81.22.61.81.22.61.20.62.41.20.62.4
Pre-existent disease
 Essential hypertension1.91.32.71.81.32.62.01.13.41.91.13.3
 Diabetes mellitus2.91.74.92.71.64.52.61.16.22.41.05.9
 Cardiac disease1.60.73.51.50.73.43.21.37.83.21.37.8
 Trombo-embolitical disorders2.31.43.72.21.43.41.40.53.71.30.53.6
 Psychiatric disorders1.71.12.81.50.92.50.80.22.30.70.22.1
  • * Total adjusted for age, urbanisation, SES, low income, booking visit, smoking and pre-existent diseases.