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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2011 Jul 25;35(12):2174–2183. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01566.x

Table 1.

Sample characteristics by alcohol exposure group (N = 25)

Control (12) Alcohol exposed (13) t or χ2
Maternal characteristics
    Age at delivery 25.2 (3.4) 26.5 (5.4) -0.72
    Years of education 8.4 (2.2) 7.0 (2.7) 1.44
    Married (%) 38.5 50.0 -0.56
    Parity 2.6 (1.4) 2.3 (1.1) 0.54
    Alcohol during pregnancy
        oz AA/day 0.004 (0.01) 2.7 (2.3) -4.18***
        oz AA/occasion 0.17 (0.4) 6.5 (3.3) -6.84***
        Frequency (days/week) 0.03 (0.09) 2.8 (1.4) -7.24***
        Binges (frequency) 0.08 (0.08) 10.5 (5.8) -6.46***
    Alcohol dependent (%)a 11.1 76.9 -9.21**
    Cigarettes/day during pregnancy 3.4 (3.4) 8.6 (7.9) -2.00
Child characteristics
    Child gender (% male) 41.7 23.1 -0.32
    Age at EBC visit
        Delay conditioningb 11.1 (1.2) 11.1 (1.2) 0.00
        Trace conditioningb 12.7 (1.2) 12.7 (1.3) -0.04
    Years between delay and trace conditioningb 1.5 (0.2) 1.6 (0.1) -0.36
    Age at DTI scan 11.8 (1.2) 11.8 (1.2) 0.16
    Grade in school 4.3 (1.3) 3.7 (1.4) 1.19
    Weight (kg)c 34.2 (7.8) 28.7 (7.2) 1.82
    Height (cm)c 136.5 (7.5) 131.3 (9.6) 1.49
    Head circumference (cm)c 53.1 (1.5) 51.1 (2.7) 2.30*
    WISC IQ 76.6 (13.1) 62.8 (9.3) 3.05**
Volumetric measures (mm3)d
    Total brain volume 1.28 × 106 (1.52 × 105) 1.14 × 106 (1.33 × 105) 2.40*
    Cerebellar volume 1.49 × 105 (1.48 × 105) 1.30 × 105 (1.94 × 105) 2.60*
    Cerebellar white matter 3.21 × 104 (5.87 × 103) 2.61 × 104 (4.73 × 103) 2.74**
    Cerebellar gray matter 1.17 × 105 (1.05 × 104) 1.04 × 105 (1.60 × 104) 2.25

Values are means (SD).

a

Based on the NAWS; missing for three mothers.

b

N = 17 for whom both delay and trace data were available.

c

At dysmorphology assessment.

d

Missing for one child.

p < 0.10.

*

p < 0.05.

**

p < 0.01.

***

p < 0.001.