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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jun 8.
Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2000 Sep-Oct;22(5):653–666. doi: 10.1016/s0892-0362(00)00092-1

Table 2.

Sample characteristics

Infant Cocaine (n=158)
Non-cocaine (n=161)
t2 p
M±SD Range M±SD Range
Birthweight (g)a 2738±642 (905–3995) 3112±629 (1017–4515) 18.8 0.0001
Gestational age (weeks) 37.8±3 (28–42) 38.7±2 (30–42) 3.2 0.001
Birth lengtha 47.4±4 (34–58) 49.3±3 (37–57) 11.7 0.0007
Head circumferencea (cm) 32.4±2 (23–37) 33.6±2 (25–39.5) 15.8 0.0001
Apgar — 1 min (cm) 8.0±1 (1–9) 8.0±2 (1–9) −0.37 0.70
Apgar — 5 min 8.8±6 (5–9) 8.8±0.6 (5–9) 0.30 0.77
Hobel risk score 6.0±14 (0–85) 4.1±11 (0–65) −1.4 0.17
Female 82 (52%) 80 (50%) 0.16 0.70
SGAb 19 (12%) 2 (1%) 18.1 0.001
Microcephaly 40 (26%) 14 (9%) 15.9 0.001
Non-maternal care 45 (29%) 1 (<1%) 50.1 0.001
a

p adjusted for gestational age.

b

Small for gestational age.