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. 2024 May 23;26(11):1455–1462. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntae119

Table 3.

Participant Health Behavior and Care Characteristics and Health-Related Characteristics

Characteristics CC-exclusive user EC initiator Quitter p-value
N a % (95% CI)b RSE (%)c N a % (95% CI)b RSE (%) N a % (95% CI)b RSE (%)
Pregnancy intention 13 856 386 14 775 <.001
 Intended 4854 34.7 (33.3, 36.0) 2.0 139 35.4 (27.5, 43.8) 11.3 6788 47.7 (46.4, 49.1) 1.4
 Unintended 4757 36.2 (34.8, 37.7) 2.0 136 31.7 (24.1, 40.1) 12.3 4592 31.8 (30.6, 33.1) 2.0
 Not sure 4245 29.1 (27.8, 30.4) 2.3 111 32.9 (25.3, 41.3) 11.9 3395 20.5 (19.4, 21.6) 2.7
WIC program participation 13 856 390 14 810 <.001
 Yes 5377 40.0 (38.5, 41.4) 1.8 169 42.3 (34.2, 50.8) 9.6 7571 55.1 (53.8, 56.5) 1.2
Flu vaccine receipt 13 851 391 14 792 <.001
 Yes 6850 46.7 (45.2, 48.1) 1.6 195 47.8 (39.3, 56.3) 8.7 8331 53.6 (52.3, 55.0) 1.3
Kotelchuck index 13 676 388 14 606 <.001
 Inadequate 3150 21.2 (20.1, 22.5) 2.9 76 22.5 (15.4, 31.1) 16.9 2106 12.6 (11.7, 13.5) 3.6
 Intermediate 1587 11.0 (10.1, 11.9) 4.1 34 7.7 (4.5, 12.1) 23.7 1566 10.4 (9.6, 11.2) 4.1
 Adequate 4478 37.0 (35.6, 38.5) 1.9 140 37.6 (29.6, 46.1) 10.8 5752 43.1 (41.8, 44.5) 1.6
 Adequate plus 4461 30.7 (29.4, 32.1) 2.2 138 32.2 (24.7, 40.4) 11.9 5182 33.9 (32.6, 35.2) 1.9
Prenatal care starts in the first trimester of pregnancy 13 742 387 14 783 <.001
 Yes 10 442 78.5 (77.3, 79.7) 0.8 297 75.5 (67.3, 82.6) 4.9 12 682 87.2 (86.2, 88.1) 0.5 <.001
Breastfeeding 13 084 375 14 629
 Ever 9116 69.4 (68.0, 70.7) 1.0 304 82.3 (75.0, 88.1) 3.9 12 297 84.0 (83.0, 85.0) 0.6
Prepregnancy BMI 13 642 387 14 709 <.001
 Underweight 674 4.7 (4.2, 5.4) 6.4 21 4.3 (1.3, 10.2) 46.1 438 3.0 (2.5, 3.5) 8.0
 Normal 4996 36.0 (34.6, 37.4) 2.0 174 47.9 (39.5, 56.4) 8.7 5061 36.4 (35.1, 37.7) 1.8
 Overweight 3320 24.8 (23.5, 26.1) 2.6 98 25.5 (18.8, 33.2) 13.7 3807 26.7 (25.5, 27.9) 2.3
 Obese 4652 34.5 (33.1, 35.9) 2.0 94 22.3 (16.1, 29.6) 14.7 5403 34.0 (32.7, 35.2) 1.9
Parity 14 067 394 14 989 <.001
 Primiparous 3627 25.5 (24.3, 26.8) 2.4 132 34.8 (26.9, 43.5) 11.7 6146 42.2 (40.9, 43.5) 1.6
 2 3958 31.1 (29.7, 32.4) 2.2 120 29.9 (22.9, 37.6) 12.1 4414 31.9 (30.6, 33.1) 2.0
 ≥3 6482 43.4 (42.0, 44.8) 1.7 142 35.3 (27.4, 43.8) 11.4 4429 25.9 (24.8, 27.1) 2.3
History of preterm birth 14 056 392 14 984 <.001
 Yes 1284 7.0 (6.3, 7.7) 5.1 23 3.6 (1.7, 6.7) 31.9 808 3.6 (3.2, 4.1) 6.1
Maternal hypertension (preexisting and gestational) 13 899 390 14 838 .434
 Yes 3240 20.4 (19.3, 21.5) 2.8 80 17.6 (12.0, 24.6) 17.3 3411 19.6 (18.6, 20.6) 2.6
Maternal diabetes (type I/II/gestational) 13 850 389 14 796 .921
 Yes 1890 13.2 (12.2, 14.3) 3.9 53 12.9 (8.1, 19.1) 20.5 2066 13.0 (12.1, 13.8) 3.4
Maternal depression 13 863 391 14 771 <.001
 Ever 5959 43.0 (41.6, 44.5) 1.7 206 55.2 (46.7, 63.4) 7.4 4517 28.4 (27.2, 29.7) 2.2

aUnweighted sample siz.

bWeighted prevalence and 95% confidence interval.

cRelative standard error of weighted prevalence with higher value indicates statistically unreliable estimation. Statistical analysis by a Rao-Scott Chi-square test.

CC = combustible cigarette; EC = e-cigarette; RSE = relative standard error.