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TABLE 1 Factors Found to Be Significantly Associated With Head Covering in SIDS Cases in Either the New Zealand or German Study or Both in Univariate Analyses

Parameter New Zealand Study
 GeSID
Head Covered (n = 60) Not Covered (n = 325) Univariate OR (95% CI) Head Covered (n = 92) Not Covered (n = 235) Univariate OR (95% CI)
Bed sharing
    No 54 237 1.00 84 195 1.00
    Yes 6 87 0.30 (0.13–0.73) 8 40 0.46 (0.21–1.03)
    Missing 0 1 0 0
Room
    Own or with siblings 22 77 1.77 (0.99–3.16) 48 79 2.06 (1.20–3.52)
    Parents' room 28 179 1.00 31 105 1.00
    Othera 4 45 0.57 (0.19–1.70) 13 51 0.86 (0.42–1.79)
    Missing 6 24 0 0
Found very sweaty
    No 34 285 1.00 52 189 1.00
    Yes 26 32 6.81 (3.64–12.76) 29 17 6.20 (3.16–12.15)
    Missing 0 8 11 29
Position placed to sleep
    Prone 42 204 1.45 (0.79–2.67) 29 105 0.59 (0.35–0.98)
    Nonprone 17 120 1.00 59 125 1.00
    Missing 1 1 4 5
Duvet
    Yes 40 181 1.54 (0.86–2.74) 47 71 2.49 (1.51–4.11)
    No 20 139 1.00 43 162 1.00
    Missing 0 5 2 2
Age, wk
    <13 15 185 1.00 11 95 1.00
    13–25 28 108 3.20 (1.64–6.25) 26 98 2.29 (1.07–4.90)
    ≥26 17 32 6.55 (2.98–14.42) 55 42 11.31 (5.38–23.76)
    Missing 0 0 0 0

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