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. 2009 Oct 9;137(3):601–608. doi: 10.1378/chest.09-0942

Table 3.

—Obstetric and Neonatal Outcomes

Characteristic Nonsmokers/No Household ETS Exposure (n = 972) Nonsmokers/Household ETS Exposure (n = 760) Smokers (n = 391) P Valuea
Delivery < 37 wk 153 (16) 119 (16) 74 (19) NS
Delivery < 32 wk 29 (3) 25 (3) 17 (4) NS
Oligohydramnios 62 (6) 56 (7) 18 (5) NS
Abruption 8 (0.8) 12 (2) 5 (1.3) NS
Preeclampsia 113 (12) 102 (13) 29 (7) .01
Perinatal death 12 (1) 6 (0.8) 10 (3) .04
PROM 110 (11) 97 (13) 59 (15) NS
SGA < 10th percentile 50 (5) 54 (7) 46 (12) < .001
Birthweight, mean ± SD 3191 ± 692 3107 ± 665 2977 ± 712 < .001

Data reported as n (%) unless otherwise stated. Obstetric and neonatal outcome data unavailable for 87 patients. NS = not significant; PROM = premature rupture of membranes; SGA = small for gestational age. See Table 1 for expansion of the other abbreviation.

a

Kruskal-Wallis and Pearson χ2 tests used to assess the hypothesis that there is no difference between the three smoking categories.