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Table 4
Adjusted odds ratios comparing neighbourhood income quintiles Q2, Q3, Q4 and Q5 with Q1, by recent immigration status, Toronto, 1996/1997 to 2000/2001
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| Neighbourhood income quintiles | Preterm birth2 | Low birthweight3 | Full-term low birthweight2 | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longer-term residents | Recent immigrants | Longer-term residents | Recent immigrants | Longer-term residents | Recent immigrants | |||||||
| Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | Adjusted odds ratio | 95% confidence interval | |
| Q1 (highest)1 | 1.00 | ... | 1.00 | ... | 1.00 | ... | 1.00 | ... | 1.00 | ... | 1.00 | ... |
| Q2 | 1.155 | 1.05 to 1.26 | 1.05 | 0.88 to 1.27 | 1.325 | 1.18 to 1.48 | 0.98 | 0.82 to 1.17 | 1.495 | 1.28 to 1.74 | 0.94 | 0.72 to 1.22 |
| Q3 | 1.195 | 1.09 to 1.30 | 1.01 | 0.85 to 1.21 | 1.365 | 1.21 to 1.53 | 1.04 | 0.88 to 1.23 | 1.415 | 1.21 to 1.65 | 1.00 | 0.78 to 1.28 |
| Q4 | 1.245 | 1.13 to 1.35 | 1.02 | 0.85 to 1.21 | 1.305 | 1.16 to 1.47 | 1.15 | 0.97 to 1.35 | 1.375 | 1.17 to 1.60 | 1.05 | 0.82 to 1.33 |
| Q5 (lowest) | 1.345 | 1.22 to 1.46 | 1.03 | 0.87 to 1.22 | 1.485 | 1.31 to 1.67 | 1.305 | 1.11 to 1.53 | 1.665 | 1.42 to 1.94 | 1.21 | 0.96 to 1.52 |
| P value4 | 0.0221 | 0.0497 | 0.0419 | |||||||||
| 1. reference category 2. adjusted for infant sex and maternal age group 3. also adjusted for gestational age group 4. for the interaction between neighbourhood income quintiles and recent immigrant status 5. significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Data source: Discharge Abstract Database, Canadian Institute for Health Information. Table source: Statistics Canada, 2007, "Birth outcomes by neighbourhood income and recent immigration in Toronto," Health Reports, Vol. 1, No. 4, catalogue number 82-003-XWE. |
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