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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.