Table 1.
Demographics of the human fetal samples in cannabis-exposed and control groups. Maternal cannabis, cigarette and alcohol use are represented as average daily joint (ADJ), average daily cigarette (ADC), and average daily volume (ADV), respectively. This metric was calculated by converting weekly use into daily use based on the yearly pattern of use [e.g. seven joints per week equals an ADJ score of 0.90 (7 joints/week × 4 weeks/month)/(31 days/month)] (40). For alcohol use, 1 drink was equal to 12 oz. of beer, 4 oz. of wine, or 1.5 oz of liquor. Values are represented as mean ± SEM.
| Control (N = 25) |
Cannabis-exposed (N = 24) |
p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mother’s Age (years) | 23.84 ± 1.2 | 22.25 ± 0.7 | 0.2724 |
| Mother’s Education (years) | 12.12 ± 0.4 | 11.87 ± 0.4 | 0.6712 |
| Mother’s Race (White/Black/Hispanic) | 2/21/2 | 0/19/5 | - |
| Fetal Sex (male/female) | 13/12 | 13/11 | - |
| Fetal Age (gestation weeks) | 20.36 ± 0.3 | 20.21 ± 0.3 | 0.6961 |
| Postmortem Interval (hours) | 9.58 ± 0.7 | 7.97 ± 0.7 | 0.1248 |
| Maternal Cannabis Use (ADJ) | 0 | 1.24 ± 0.2 | <0.0001 |
| Maternal Cigarette Use (ADC) | 2.16 ± 0.8 | 4.04 ± 0.8 | 0.0983 |
| Maternal Alcohol Use (ADV) | 0.30 ± 0.1 | 0.30 ± 0.1 | 0.9899 |