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Published in final edited form as: Neurotoxicol Teratol. 2010 Jul 6;33(1):166–175. doi: 10.1016/j.ntt.2010.06.009

Table 3.

Newborn characteristics of methamphetamine and comparison groups in US and NZ

	US (N=379)		NZ (N=180)

N(%) or Mean (SD)	Exposed (N=183)	Comparison (N=196)	Exposed (N=85)	Comparison (N=95)
Gestational age, week	38.9 (1.5)*	39.24 (1.4)	39.2 (1.6)	39.5 (1.3)
Birth weight, g	3278 (528)	3378 (536)	3380 (473)	3474 (527)
Length, cm	50.3 (3.2)^**	51.3 (2.8)	51.1 (2.2)	51.1 (2.5)
Head circumference, cm	33.9 (0.6)*	34.3 (1.7)	34.7 (1.7)	35.0 (1.7)
Apgar, 1 min, <5,%	8 (4%)	2 (1%)	0	3 (3%)
Apgar, 5 min, <5,%	0	0	0	0
Male, %	98 (54%)	104 (53%)	43 (51%)	50 (53%)
First born, %	43 (24%)	76 (39%)^**	36 (43%)	44 (46%)

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P <0.01, P <0.05