Table 2.
Demographics and PUQE score by High and Low Frequency of WPT Use
| Low use (1-8 times) N=58 |
High use (9+ times) N=34 |
P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race | 0.301 | ||
| First Nations | 1 (1.7) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Asian | 3 (5.2) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Pacific Islander | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Black | 13 (22.4) | 4 (11.8) | |
| White | 12 (43.1) | 7 (20.6) | |
| Other | 29 (50.0) | 23 (67.6) | |
| Ethnicity | 0.02 1 | ||
| Latina/Hispanic | 28 (48.3) | 25 (73.5) | |
| Not Latina/Hispanic | 30 (51.7) | 9 (26.5) | |
| Pre-pregnancy BMI | 28.74 (0.9) | 29.18(1.2) | 0.732 |
| Parity | 1 (0-4) | 1 (0-3) | 0.252 |
| Hyperthyroidism | 1 (2.1) | 3 (9.7) | 0.291 |
| Hypothyroidism | 0 | 1 (3.2) | 0.391 |
| Asthma | 12 (25.0) | 5 (16.1) | 0.411 |
| Chronic hypertension | 3 (6.3) | 4 (12.9) | 0.311 |
| Gestational diabetes | 4 (8.3) | 4 (12.9) | 0.511 |
| Gestational hypertension | 3 (6.3) | 3 (9.7) | 0.671 |
| Preeclampsia | 1 (2.1) | 3 (9.7) | 0.291 |
| Dual/Poly Users | 36 (62.1) | 18 (52.9) | 0.391 |
| Waterpipe dependence scale | 5.3 (0.4) | 7.2 (0.6) | 0.02 2 |
| PUQE score at 1st trimester | 9.3 (0.3) | 9.1 (0.3) | 0.642 |
| PUQE score at 3rd trimester | 7.9 (0.2) | 8.3 (0.4) | 0.442 |
1
Fisher’s exact
2
Wilcoxon rank-sum
Data are reported as mean (standard deviation) for continuous variables, median (range) for ordinal variables and n (percent). Bold signifies statistical significance.
Abbreviations: WPT = waterpipe tobacco, PUQE =pregnancy unique quantification of emesis, BMI = body mass index (kg/m2), GDM = gestational diabetes mellitus, HTN = hypertension