Table 4

The incidence rate (%) of women experiencing each International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) code following a first pregnancy outcome for the entire period examined with adjusted OR comparing first pregnancy loss to no pregnancy loss

Three digit ICD-9 codeICD-9 descriptionN, total with diseaseICD% no Pg lossICD% yes Pg lossAdjusted OR*
(95% CI)
401Essential hypertension37 8783.004.421.15 (1.11 to 1.20)
402Hypertensive heart disease17690.110.271.20 (1.03 to 1.41)
403Hypertensive chronic kidney disease15240.100.221.26 (1.05 to 1.50)
404Hypertensive heart and chronic kidney disease1450.010.021.30 (0.71 to 2.39)†
405Secondary hypertension000N/A
410Acute myocardial infarction7460.060.091.09 (0.84 to 1.42)
411Other acute and subacute forms of ischaemic heart disease15720.150.120.88 (0.71 to 1.10)
412Old myocardial infarction4880.040.061.66 (1.19 to 2.31)
413Angina pectoris15230.100.211.49 (1.25 to 1.77)†
414Other forms of chronic ischaemic heart disease26050.160.401.24 (1.09 to 1.41)
415Acute pulmonary heart disease21510.11%0.38%1.30 (1.14 to 1.47)
416Chronic pulmonary heart disease8670.070.101.14 (0.88 to 1.47)
417Other diseases of pulmonary circulation830.010.011.34 (0.62 to 2.91)†
420Acute pericarditis7130.060.071.17 (0.88 to 1.55)
421Acute and subacute endocarditis26070.260.180.98 (0.81 to 1.19)
422Acute myocarditis1020.010.011.30 (0.64 to 2.66)
423Other diseases of pericardium18890.180.160.98 (0.80 to 1.20)†
424Other diseases of endocardium83570.680.941.08 (0.99 to 1.17)
425Cardiomyopathy22330.200.221.14 (0.97 to 1.33)
426Conduction disorders26030.190.341.28 (1.12 to 1.46)
427Cardiac dysrhythmias30 1792.273.771.31 (1.25 to 1.36)
428Heart failure28290.200.371.32 (1.16 to 1.51)
429Ill-defined descriptions and complications of heart disease43200.320.551.22 (1.09 to 1.36)
430Subarachnoid haemorrhage7950.060.091.75 (1.34 to 2.29)
431Intracerebral haemorrhage8440.060.111.34 (1.06 to 1.74)
432Other and unspecified intracranial haemorrhage8370.060.101.25 (0.97 to 1.61)
433Occlusion and stenosis of precerebral arteries13990.090.201.31 (1.10 to 1.56)
434Occlusion of cerebral arteries18060.140.211.14 (0.96 to 1.35)
435Transient cerebral ischaemia18430.140.231.18 (1.01 to 1.38)
436Acute, but ill-defined, cerebrovascular disease12650.090.161.41 (1.17 to 1.71)
437Other and ill-defined cerebrovascular disease18850.150.221.17 (0.99 to 1.38)
438Late effects of cerebrovascular disease17760.140.201.14 (0.10 to 1.36)†
440Atherosclerosis21440.140.311.72 (1.49 to 2.00)
441Aortic aneurysm and dissection9120.060.122.12 (1.65 to 2.73)
442Other aneurysm24140.250.151.45 (1.14 to 1.85)
443Other peripheral vascular disease29630.200.421.36 (1.20 to 1.54)
444Arterial embolism and thrombosis4660.040.061.33 (0.97 to 1.83)
445Atheroembolism180.000.001.82 (0.11 to 30.34)
446Polyarteritis nodosa and allied conditions4070.040.040.96 (0.64 to 1.45)
447Other disorders of arteries and arterioles9470.080.101.00 (0.79 to 1.28)
448Disease of capillaries17010.150.161.02 (0.82 to 1.26)
449Septic arterial embolism1480.020.011.39 (0.50 to 3.91)
451Phlebitis and thrombophlebitis84900.820.67%1.02 (0.93 to 1.13)
452Portal vein thrombosis1630.020.011.80 (0.84 to 3.86)
453Other venous embolism and thrombosis46370.370.54%1.32 (1.18 to 1.47)
454Varicose veins of lower extremities53230.470.510.96 (0.86 to 1.08)
455Haemorrhoids20 7431.742.221.12 (1.06 to 1.18)
456Varicose veins of other sites6730.060.071.00 (0.72 to 1.40)
457Non-infectious disorders of lymphatic channels7080.060.081.13 (0.85 to 1.51)
458Hypotension41340.340.471.36 (1.21 to 1.53)
Total176 62414.0920.37
  • Bold font indicates statistical significance, lower confidence interval greater than 1.

  • *Logistic regression controlling for the categorical variables: exposure to pregnancy loss, age, race, year of first pregnancy, state of residence at time of first pregnancy, history of diabetes or hyperlipidaemia, and the continuous variables of: total number of months of eligibility, total number of pregnancies, number of live births and number losses prior to and subsequent to a first live birth, and an interaction term for age at first pregnancy and total months of eligibility.

  • †Low outcome sample.

  • Pg, pregnancy.