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

Table 6.

Summary measures of tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine by trimester

Cocaine
Non-cocaine
F/t p
Heavy
(n=82)
Light
(n=76)
(n=161)
Number of cigarettes/day 13.2±12 9.2±8 4.0±8 29.4 0.0001a
Alcohol use b
Month prior 18.1±31 10.3±16 2.1±6 22.3 0.0001a
Trimester 1 16.6±29 7.9±13 1.2±4 24.5 0.0001a
Trimester 2 10.9±25 4.3±10 0.6±3 15.2 0.0001c,d
Trimester 3 7.8±20 3.3±9 1.2±8 7.7 0.0005c
Average 13.3±22 6.5±10 1.3±5 24.9 0.0001a
Marijuana use b
Month prior 2.3±5 1.4±3 1.6±10 0.31 0.73
Trimester 1 2.3±5 1.0±3 0.6±4 4.6 0.01c
Trimester 2 2.4±6 0.5±2 0.2±2 11.7 0.0001c,d
Trimester 3 1.8±5 0.4±2 0.1±1 8.9 0.002c,d
Average 2.2±5 0.8±2 0.6±4 5.1 0.006c
Cocaine use b
Month prior 44.6±65 8.3±9 −4.8 0.0001
Trimester 1 53.6±82 7.8±7 −4.8 0.0001
Trimester 2 40.0±78 4.6±6 −3.9 0.0001
Trimester 3 18.2±34 2.5±4 −3.9 0.0001
Average 38.4±51 6.3±5 −5.4 0.0001
a

None/light/heavy.

b

Number of drinks, joints or “rocks”/day × number of days/week.

c

None/heavy.

d

Light/heavy.