Table 5

Lifestyle and social behaviours

BehaviourMaleFemaleAll
Preterm (35)Term (30)OR (95% CI)Preterm (44)Term (41)OR (95% CI)Preterm (79)Term (71)OR (95% CI)
*p<0.05; **p<0.01; ***p<0.001.
Alcohol (at least ×1/mth)31 (89)29 (97)0.27 (0.03 to 2.53)34 (77)*39 (95)0.17 (0.04 to 0.85)65 (82)68 (96)**0.21 (0.06 to 0.75)
Cigarettes (at least ×1/mth)11 (31)10 (33)0.92 (0.32 to 2.60)17 (39)11 (27)1.7 (0.69 to 4.31)28 (35)21 (30)1.31 (0.66 to 2.60)
Cannabis (ever)8 (23)14 (47)*0.34 (0.12 to 0.98)8 (18)18 (44)**0.28 (0.11 to 0.76)16 (20)32 (45)**0.31 (0.15 to 0.64)
Ecstasy (ever)1 (3)7 (23)*0.10 (0.01 to 0.84)1 (2)7 (17)*0.11 (0.01 to 0.96)2 (3)14 (20)***0.11 (0.02 to 0.48)
Heroin (ever)1 (3)4 (13)0.19 (0.02 to 1.81)03 (7)1 (1)7 (10)*0.12 (0.01 to 0.97)
Sexual intercourse (ever)26 (74)24 (80)0.72 (0.22 to 2.33)33 (75)34 (83)0.61 (0.21 to 1.79)59 (75)58 (82)0.66 (0.30 to 1.45)
Sexual intercourse (at least ×1/wk)11 (31)12 (40)0.69 (0.25 to 1.91)15 (34)21 (51)0.49 (0.21 to 1.18)26 (33)33 (46)0.56 (0.29 to 1.09)
Intimate relationship (ever)24 (69)17 (57)1.67 (0.60 to 4.61)30 (68)32 (78)0.60 (0.23 to 1.60)54 (68)49 (69)0.97 (0.49 to 1.94)
Intimate relationship (now)15 (40)9 (30)1.75 (0.63 to 4.90)20 (45)23 (56)0.65 (0.28 to 1.53)35 (44)32 (45)0.97 (0.51 to 1.85)
Pregnant (ever)2 (6)3 (10)0.55 (0.09 to 3.50)5 (11)5 (12)0.92 (0.25 to 3.46)7 (9)8 (11)0.77 (0.26 to 2.23)
Baby1 (3)1 (3)0.85 (0.05 to 14.25)5 (11)2 (5)2.50 (0.46 to 13.67)6 (8)3 (4)1.86 (0.45 to 7.74)
Police caution4 (11)5 (17)0.65 (0.16 to 2.66)3 (7)2 (5)1.42 (0.23 to 9.00)7 (9)7 (10)0.89 (0.30 to 2.67)
Arrested3 (9)3 (10)0.84 (0.16 to 4.53)2 (5)1 (2)1.90 (0.16 to 21.84)5 (6)4 (6)1.13 (0.29 to 4.39)
Convicted01 (3)0001 (1)
Prison000000