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. 2023 Jun 27;13:10380. doi: 10.1038/s41598-023-36831-9

Table 2.

Sample characteristics by birth outcomes and any Childhood Maltreatment (CM) exposure.

Total non-SGA SGA p-value Term birth (non-PTB) Preterm birth (PTB) p-value No CM reported CM reported p-value
657 594 63 603 54 450 207
N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%) N (%)
Sex of the baby 0.18 0.35 0.77
 Female 307 (46.8) 272 (45.9) 35 (54.7) 285 (47.2) 22 (42.3) 212 (47.1) 95 (45.9)
 Male 350 (53.4) 320 (54.1) 29 (45.3) 318 (52.6) 32 (61.5) 238 (52.9) 112 (54.1)
Maternal age (years) 0.39 0.98 0.25
 ≤ 20 32 (4.9) 29 (4.9) 3 (4.8) 30 (5.0) 2 (3.7) 17 (3.8) 15 (7.3)
 21–29 334 (50.8) 306 (51.5) 28 (44.4) 306 (50.8) 28 (51.9) 228 (50.7) 106 (51.2)
 30–39 269 (40.9) 241 (40.6) 28 (44.4) 247 (41.0) 22 (40.7) 190 (42.2) 79 (38.2)
 ≥ 40 22 (3.4) 18 (3) 4 (6.4) 20 (3.3) 2 (3.7) 15 (3.3) 7 (3.4)
Income (63 missing) 0.99  < 0.01  < 0.01
 ≤ $15,000 89 (15) 81 (15.1) 8 (14.3) 70 (12.9) 19 (35.2) 45 (11.0) 44 (23.9)
 $15,000–50,000 200 (33.7) 181 (33.6) 19 (33.9) 189 (34.7) 11 (20.4) 133 (32.4) 67 (36.4)
 ≥ $50,000 305 (51.3) 276 (51.3) 29 (51.8) 285 (52.4) 20 (37.0) 232 (56.6) 73 (39.7)
Race/ethnicity 0.45  < 0.01  < 0.01
 Non-Latine White 391 (59.7) 359 (60.6) 32 (50.8) 372 (61.9) 19 (35.2) 295 (65.7) 96 (46.6)
 Non-Latine Black 104 (15.9) 93 (15.7) 11 (17.5) 90 (15) 14 (25.9) 64 (14.2) 40 (19.4)
 Hispanic/Latine 123 (18.8) 107 (18.1) 16 (25.4) 109 (18.1) 14 (25.9) 61 (13.6) 62 (30.1)
 Other 37 (5.7) 33 (5.6) 4 (6.4) 30 (5) 7 (13.0) 29 (6.5) 8 (3.9)
Married 536 (81.7) 483 (81.5) 53 (84.1) 0.6 495 (82.2) 41 (75.9) 0.25 376 (83.7) 160 (77.3) 0.05
Education 0.72 0.35  < 0.01
 High school or less 169 (25.7) 150 (25.3) 19 (30.2) 150 (24.9) 19 (35.2) 95 (21.1) 74 (35.7)
 Some college or associates 222 (33.8) 201 (33.8) 21 (33.3) 204 (33.8) 18 (33.3) 142 (31.6) 80 (38.6)
 Bachelors degree or more 265 (40.4) 242 (40.7) 23 (36.5) 248 (41.1) 17 (31.5) 213 (47.3) 52 (25.1)
Childhood poverty 249 (37.9) 212 (35.7) 37 (58.7)  < 0.01 223 (37.0) 26 (48.1) 0.11 135 (30.0) 114 (55.1)  < 0.01
Depression (CES-D ≥ 16) 209 (31.8) 184 (31) 25 (39.7) 0.16 191 (31.7) 18 (33.3) 0.8 109 (24.2) 100 (48.3)  < 0.01
Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) 88 (13.4) 70 (11.8) 18 (28.1)  < 0.01 69 (11.4) 19 (35.2)  < 0.01 52 (11.6) 36 (17.4) 0.04
Alcohol use in pregnancy 55 (8.2) 48 (8.1) 7 (12.5) 0.63 50 (8.4) 5 (5.8) 0.88 38 (8.4) 15 (7.3) 0.62
Smoking in pregnancy 70 (10.5) 59 (9.9) 11 (17.4) 0.07 62 (10.4) 8 (11.5) 0.3 40 (8.9) 30 (14.5) 0.03
Recreational drug use in pregnancy 16 (2.5) 15 (2.5) 1 (1.6) 0.64 14 (2.3) 2 (3.8) 0.51 5 (1.1) 11 (5.3)  < 0.01
Any substance use 123 (18.7) 106 (17.9) 17 (27.0) 0.08 111 (18.4) 12 (22.2) 0.49 79 (17.6) 44 (21.3) 0.26
Body mass index BMI (kg/m2) 0.76 0.02  < 0.01
 Underweight (< 18.5) 13 (2) 11 (1.9) 2 (3.2) 10 (1.7) 3 (5.6) 9 (2.0) 4 (1.9)
 Normal weight (18.5–24.9) 287 (43.9) 260 (43.9) 27 (43.6) 271 (45.2) 16 (29.6) 216 (48.2) 71 (34.5)
 Overweight/obese (≥ 25.0) 354 (54.1) 321 (54.2) 33 (53.2) 319 (53.2) 35 (64.8) 223 (49.8) 131 (63.6)
Childhood Maltreatment (CM)
 Physical neglect 54 (8.2) 42 (7.1) 12 (19.1)  < 0.01 47 (7.8) 7 (13.0) 0.19
 Physical abuse 86 (13.1) 72 (12.1) 14 (22.2) 0.02 77 (12.8) 9 (16.7) 0.42
 Emotional neglect 64 (9.7) 53 (8.9) 11 (17.5) 0.03 57 (9.5) 7 (13.0) 0.41
 Emotional abuse 106 (16.1) 89 (15) 17 (27.0) 0.01 97 (16.1) 9 (16.7) 0.92
 Sexual abuse 121 (18.4) 102 (17.2) 19 (30.2) 0.01 109 (18.1) 12 (22.2) 0.45
Number of Childhool Maltreatment (CM) sub-scales moderate/severe  < 0.01 0.44
 0 450 (68.5) 416 (70) 34 (54.0) 416 (69) 34 (63)
 1 96 (14.6) 85 (14.3) 11 (17.5) 87 (14.4) 9 (16.7)
 2 40 (6.1) 36 (6.1) 4 (6.4) 36 (6.0) 4 (7.4)
 3 40 (6.1) 34 (5.7) 6 (9.5) 38 (6.3) 2 (3.7)
 4 20 (3) 16 (2.7) 4 6.4) 16 (2.7) 4 (7.4)
 5 11 (1.7) 7 (1.2) 4 (6.4) 10 (1.7) 1 (1.9)
Adverse birth outcomes
 Small for getational age (SGA) 63 (9.6) 56 (9.3) 7 (13.0) 0.38 34 (7.6) 29 (14.1)  < 0.01
 Preterm birth (PTB) 54 (8.2) 47 (7.9) 7 (11.1) 0.38 34 (7.6) 20 (9.7) 0.36