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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2009 Aug 7;201(4):354.e1–354.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2009.06.006

Table 1.

Probability of Adverse Events by Candidate Predictors Among Pregnant Smokers

Characteristic N % Adverse Events p-valuea
Randomization
 CBT 52 17% 0.06
 NRT+CBT 105 31%

Age
 Less than or equal to 25 78 23% 0.07
 Greater than 25 79 30%

Race
 African American 38 44% 0.004
 Non-African American 119 21%

Education
 Less than High School 45 22% 0.05
 High School or greater 112 37%

Employment
 Employed 74 25% 0.78
 Unemployed 83 27%

Partnered
 No Partner 50 30% 0.53
 Partner 107 25%

Obstetric History
 1st pregnancy 24 16%
 Healthy pregnancy history 99 20%
 Adverse pregnancy history 34 52% <0.001

History of Depression
 Yes 43 30% 0.55
 No 114 25%

History of Anxiety Disorder
 Yes 19 42% 0.11
 No 138 24%

History of Drug or Alcohol Use
 Yes 35 31% 0.48
 No 122 25%

History of Sexually Transmitted Infection
 Yes 38 25% 0.44
 No 119 31%

Adequate prenatal care index
 Index of 1 or 2 38 18% 0.06
 Index of 3 or 4 119 29%

Baseline # cigs/day
 Less than or equal to 9 67 28% 0.82
 Greater than 9 90 26%

Baseline CESD/depression score (median)
 Less than or equal to 13 75 27% 0.68
 Greater than 13 82 27%

Baseline self-esteem
 Less than or equal to 5 88 27% 0.58
 Greater than 5 69 26%

Baseline stress
 <=15 76 24% 0.42
 >15 81 30%
Baseline Coping
 <=20 75 27% 0.83
 >20 82 27%

Analgesic medication use during pregnancy
 Yes 38 36% 0.11
 No 119 23%

Psychiatric medication use during pregnancy
 Yes 32 31% 0.52
 No 125 25%

CBT = cognitive– behavioral therapy, NRT = nicotine replacement therapy, CESD = Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale

a

P-values are from Wald tests in logistic regression models containing only one predictor. Continuous predictors were analyzed as continuous variables but are dichotomized in this Table for the purposes of presentation.