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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Jan 22.
Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2005 Nov 18;28(1):28–38. doi: 10.1016/j.ntt.2005.09.003

Table 7.

Presence of dysmorphic features by cocaine statusa

Abnormality Cocaine (n = 154)
Non-cocaine (n = 131)
t/χ2 p-value
N % N %
Craniofacial 140 90.9 116 88.6 0.43 0.51
 Mouth 84 54.6 75 57.3 0.21 0.65
 Ear 111 72.1 85 64.9 1.71 0.19
 Eye 114 74.0 91 69.5 0.73 0.39
 Facies 52 33.8 41 31.3 0.20 0.66
 Head shape 19 12.4 8 6.2 3.20 0.07
 Nose 120 78.4 101 77.1 0.07 0.79
 Lips (mean, SD)b 2.14 1.1 2.13 1.1 -0.07 0.94
 Philtrum (mean, SD)b 2.43 1.2 2.40 1.2 -0.25 0.80
Limb 108 70.1 100 76.3 1.38 0.24
 Hands 63 40.9 57 43.5 0.20 0.66
 Skin 94 61.0 87 66.4 0.88 0.35
 Arms* 2 1.3 2 1.6 0.03 1.00
 Legs* 0 0.0 1 0.8 1.20 0.46
 Feet 66 43.1 59 45.7 0.19 0.66
Other findings 137 89.0 118 90.1 0.09 0.76
 Hair 9 5.8 11 8.4 0.71 0.40
 Chest 34 22.1 19 14.5 2.68 0.10
 Neurologic* 4 2.6 0 0.0 0.82 0.13
 Forehead 73 47.4 54 41.2 1.09 0.30
 Neck* 6 3.9 1 0.8 2.87 0.13
 Abdomen 7 4.6 4 3.1 0.45 0.51
 Genito-urinary 8 5.4 6 4.7 0.07 0.80
 Spine 9 5.9 6 4.6 0.22 0.64
 Joints 15 9.7 14 11.1 0.14 0.71
 Motor* 4 2.6 0 0.0 3.37 0.13
Total anomalies/subject (mean, SD)b 14.97 5.7 14.55 5.7 -0.62 0.54
*

Fisher’s Exact test used due to small sample size.

a

Indicates number and percent with abnormal features (coded as yes/no).

b

Expressed as mean and standard deviation.