TABLE 1.
Maternal and child characteristics of the exposed subjects and the comparison cohort. Values are expressed as percent or mean (SD) where indicated.
| Variables | Exposed N=320 |
Comparison N= 423 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Race: Black | 267 (83.4) | 342 (80.9) | 0.364 |
| Maternal Age: Mean (SD) | 30.4 (4.7) | 26.8 (5.7) | <0.001 |
| Marital status: Single | 293 (91.6) | 329 (77.8) | <0.001 |
| Low SES (Hollingshead level 5) | 90 (29.6) | 85 (20.2) | 0.004 |
| Medicaid | 282 (88.1) | 325 (76.8) | <0.001 |
| Education < 12years | 159 (49.7) | 134 (31.7) | <0.001 |
| Prenatal alcohol use | 241 (75.3) | 225 (53.2) | <0.001 |
| Prenatal tobacco use | 262 (81.9) | 119 (28.1) | <0.001 |
| Prenatal marijuana use | 127 (39.7) | 40 (9.5) | <0.001 |
| Child’s Sex: male | 168 (52.5) | 215 (50.8) | 0.652 |
| Child’s Gestational Age, wk, Mean(SD) | 36.1 (4.0) | 36.3 (4.1) | 0.284 |
| Child’s Birth Weight, g, Mean(SD) | 2560 (740) | 2683 (865) | 0.008 |
| Child’s Head Circumference, cm, Mean(SD) |
32.0 (2.8) | 32.2 (3.1) | 0.100 |
| Child’s Birth Length, cm, Mean(SD) | 46.4 (4.7) | 47.0 (5.2) | 0.024 |