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Table 5 Adjusted odds ratio of prematurity < 37 weeks by level of service, by jurisdiction (excluding stillbirths)

From: The safety of Canadian rural maternity services: a multi-jurisdictional cohort analysis

 

Alberta

British Columbia

Nova Scotia

Service Level

Adjusted ORa (95 % CI) (n = 66215)

N

Adjusted ORa (95 % CI) (n = 61,991)

N

Adjusted ORa (95 % CI) (n = 18,769)

N

1

1.22 (0.78, 1.91)

308

1.31 (1.00, 1.72)

601

 

2

1.32 (1.06, 1.63)

1286

1.04 (0.78, 1.40)

623

0.86 (0.40, 1.87)

99

3

1.17 (1.00, 1.36)

2912

1.18 (1.00, 1.39)

1892

1.14 (0.92, 1.40)

1772

4

1.07 (0.96, 1.20)

6691

0.80 (0.68, 0.93)

2976

 

5

1.08 (1.01, 1.17)

21194

0.87 (0.78, 0.96)

6814

0.95 (0.74, 1.23)

993

6

1.23 (1.08, 1.40)

3852

0.95 (0.86, 1.05)

7206

 

7

1.26 (0.79, 2.03)

262

0.82 (0.70, 0.96)

2778

1.32 (0.86, 2.03)

440

8

1.0

29710

1.0

39101

1.0

15465

  1. 1Adjusted for maternal age (<18, >35), parity, previous C-section, prior neonatal death, prior still birth, diabetes (existing & gestational), hypertension (existing & gestational)