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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Feb 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Neonatal Perinatal Med. 2023;16(3):445–452. doi: 10.3233/NPM-230124

Table 1.

Full sample baseline characteristics

Characteristic Overall
(n = 660)
Non-Nicotine
exposed
(n = 325)
Nicotine-
exposed
(n = 335)
p value
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Hypoglycemia 0.135
 Absent 423 (64%) 218 (67%) 205 (61%)
 Present 237 (36%) 107 (33%) 130 (39%)
Sex 0.829
 Female 345 (52%) 168 (52%) 177 (53%)
 Male 315 (48%) 157 (48%) 158 (47%)
Race/Ethnicity <0.001
 African American 217 (33%) 71 (22%) 146 (44%)
 Asian American 15 (2.3%) 11 (3.4%) 4 (1.2%)
 Caucasian 101 (15%) 72 (22%) 29 (8.7%)
 Hispanic 121 (18%) 75 (23%) 46 (14%)
 Middle Eastern 1 (0.2%) 0 (0%) 1 (0.3%)
 Missing 205 (31%) 96 (30%) 109 (33%)
Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) 55 (8.3%) 27 (8.3%) 28 (8.4%) >0.999
Small for Gestational Age (SGA) 74 (11%) 36 (11%) 38 (11%) >0.999
Maternal History of Diabetes 91 (14%) 40 (12%) 51 (15%) 0.330
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Gestational Age at Birth (Weeks) 33.71 (4.46) 33.67 (4.45) 33.74 (4.48) 0.770
Gestational Age at Birth (Days) 2.61 (2.03) 2.62 (2.06) 2.60 (2.00) 0.962
Weight (grams) 2,253.94 (920.83) 2,241.09 (913.72) 2,266.41 (928.87) 0.765
Length (cm) 44.62 (22.70) 45.64 (31.60) 43.63 (6.80) 0.536
Head circumference (cm) 36.74 (76.17) 39.86 (93.71) 33.69 (53.80) 0.627
*

Mean ± standard deviation (SD). p-Values calculated according to baseline characteristic variable type: chi-square test (categorical) or Mann-Whitney U (continuous).