Table 2.
Sample characteristics
Infant | Cocaine (n=158) |
Non-cocaine (n=161) |
t/χ2 | 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 |
p adjusted for gestational age.
Small for gestational age.