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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 2.

Subsample baseline characteristics

Characteristic Overall
(n = 482)
Non-Nicotine
exposed
(n = 244)
Nicotine-
exposed
(n = 238)
p-value
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Hypoglycemia 0.139
 Absent 342 (71%) 181 (74%) 161 (68%)
 Present 140 (29%) 63 (26%) 77 (32%)
Sex 0.844
 Female 254 (53%) 127 (52%) 127 (53%)
 Male 228 (47%) 117 (48%) 111 (47%)
Race/Ethnicity <0.001
 African American 153 (32%) 49 (20%) 104 (44%)
 Asian American 9 (1.9%) 6 (2.5%) 3 (1.3%)
 Caucasian 74 (15%) 55 (23%) 19 (8.0%)
 Hispanic 82 (17%) 54 (22%) 28 (12%)
 Missing 164 (34%) 80 (33%) 84 (35%)
Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) N/A
Small for Gestational Age (SGA) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) N/A
Maternal History of Diabetes 0 (0%) 0 (0%) 0 (0%) N/A
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
Gestational Age at Birth (Weeks) 33.49 (4.67) 33.61 (4.65) 33.37 (4.70) 0.530
Gestational Age at Birth (Days) 2.69 (2.06) 2.73 (2.07) 2.65 (2.05) 0.664
Weight (grams) 2,250.27 (920.51) 2,265.98 (905.79) 2,234.17 (936.99) 0.698
Length (cm) 44.96 (26.30) 46.41 (36.31) 43.46 (6.93) 0.250
Head circumference (cm) 36.85 (77.37) 39.00 (88.50) 34.63 (63.97) 0.166
*

Mean ± standard deviation (SD). Subsample analysis excluded three independent hypoglycemia risk factors (IUGR, SGA, and neonates born to diabetic mothers).