Table 6

Maternal smoking in SIDS cases and controls with crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR) by country, in Scandinavia 1992 to 1995, the Nordic epidemiological SIDS study

CountryCasesControlsCrudeAdjusted for ageAdjusted for age, maternal age, and education
n
%
n
%
OR
95% CIpOR
95% CI
pOR
95% CI
p
Norway
 In pregnancy5171.89334.74.12.3 to 7.3<0.0014.52.3 to 8.6<0.0013.92.0 to 7.9<0.001
 After pregnancy4969.09636.24.22.3 to 7.6<0.0014.62.3 to 9.2<0.0014.22.0 to 8.9<0.001
Sweden
 In pregnancy6656.410123.54.42.8 to 7.0<0.0015.53.1 to 9.9<0.0014.52.5 to 8.1<0.001
 After pregnancy6353.810825.43.82.4 to 6.1<0.0014.82.7 to 8.4<0.0014.02.3 to 7.2<0.001
Denmark
 In pregnancy3360.05935.83.11.5 to 6.30.0023.31.5 to 7.20.0041.90.8 to 4.70.17
 After pregnancy3461.85935.13.41.7 to 6.80.0014.01.7 to 9.20.0012.71.1 to 7.00.034
  • CI = confidence interval.