Maternal and paternal alcohol consumption during and after pregnancy in SIDS cases and controls with crude and adjusted odds ratios (ORs) in Scandinavia 1992–95, the Nordic epidemiological SIDS study
| Alcohol use | Cases | Controls | Crude | Adjusted | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95% CI | p Value | OR | 95% CI | p Value | ||||||
| Maternal use during pregnancy | |||||||||||
| Never | 155 | 571 | 1.0 | Ref | – | 1.0 | Ref | – | |||
| Less than weekly | 79 | 264 | 1.1 | 0.8 to 1.5 | 0.67 | 1.5 | 1.0 to 2.2 | 0.06 | |||
| More than weekly | 7 | 18 | 1.1 | 0.4 to 2.7 | 0.83 | 1.3 | 0.4 to 4.3 | 0.70 | |||
| Maternal use after pregnancy | |||||||||||
| Never | 124 | 407 | 1.0 | Ref | – | 1.0 | Ref | – | |||
| Less than weekly | 111 | 407 | 0.8 | 0.6 to 1.1 | 0.28 | 0.9 | 0.6 to 1.3 | 0.64 | |||
| More than weekly | 7 | 45 | 0.4 | 0.2 to 1.0 | 0.06 | 0.6 | 0.2 to 1.7 | 0.31 | |||
| Paternal use during pregnancy | |||||||||||
| Never | 39 | 91 | 1.0 | Ref | – | 1.0 | Ref | – | |||
| Less than weekly | 145 | 578 | 0.6 | 0.4 to 0.9 | 0.015 | 0.8 | 0.5 to 1.3 | 0.38 | |||
| More than weekly | 40 | 174 | 0.5 | 0.3 to 0.9 | 0.016 | 0.7 | 0.4 to 1.4 | 0.35 | |||
| Paternal use after pregnancy | |||||||||||
| Never | 44 | 92 | 1.0 | Ref | – | 1.0 | Ref | – | |||
| Less than weekly | 141 | 568 | 0.5 | 0.3 to 0.7 | <0.001 | 0.7 | 0.4 to 1.1 | 0.12 | |||
| More than weekly | 41 | 178 | 0.4 | 0.3 to 0.7 | 0.001 | 0.6 | 0.3 to 1.1 | 0.11 | |||
Adjustment was made for maternal age and education, maternal smoking during pregnancy, and paternal unemployment.
CI, confidence interval.