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. 2012 Jan 9;12:2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2393-12-2

Table 1.

Parental Socio-demographics and exposure to drugs of abuse during pregnancy

Mother's hair positive for cocaine and/or BEG (N = 9) Mother's hair negative for any drug of abuse (N = 365)
Parental Nationality

Mother's nationality

Spanish 9 (100.0%) 298 (81.7%)

Non-Spanish 0 0%) 67 (18.2%)

Father's nationality

Spanish 9 (100.0%) 298 (81.7%)

Non-Spanish 0 (0%) 67 (18.2%)

Maternal age (years), mean (S.D.) 28.6 (6.0) 30.3 (5.3)

Mother's Educational Level

Unfinished elementary school 4 (44.4%) 85 (23.2%)

Employed mother (yes/no)

No 2 (22.2%) 110 (30.1%)

Mother's socioeconomic status

Managerial, professional & skilled (non-manual) 3 (33.3%) 101 (28.0%)

Skilled (manual) and partly skilled 5 (55.6%) 224 (61.3%)

Unskilled 1 (11.1%) 40 (10.9%)

Single Mother

Yes 0 (0%) 12 (3.3%)

Father's Educational Level

Unfinished elementary school 4 (44.4%) 120 (33.2%)

Employed father (yes/no)

No 0 (0%) 25 (7.0%)

Father's socioeconomic status

Managerial, professional & skilled (non-manual) 1 (11.1%) 101 (28.0%)

Skilled (manual) and partly skilled 7 (77.8%) 244 (66.9%)

Unskilled 1(11.1%) 20 (5.1%)

Habitat

Rural (< 10.000 inhab.) 1 (11.1%) 56 (15.3%)

Semi-rural (10 - 100.000 inhab.) 5 (55.6%) 127 (34.7%)

Urban (> 100.000 inhab.) 3 (33.3%) 182 (50.0%)

Maternal drug use at the visit

Past substance misuse, yes 5 (55.6%)** 47 (12.8%)

Cocaine use, yes 4 (44.4%)** 15 (4.2%)

Tobacco smoking

Mother 7 (77.8%)* 60 (16.3%)

Number of daily cigarettes, mean (S.D.) 6.5 (2.1) 7.2 (6.0)

Did you smoke before pregnancy?, yes 8 (88.8%)* 100 (27.3%)

Father 7 (77.8%)* 138 (37.9%)

Have been exposed to tobacco smoke during pregnancy? 4 (44.4%) 101 (28.0%)

Other smokers in the presence of the pregnant woman? 2 (22.2%)* 23 (6.3%)

Use of Antidepressants, yes (11.1%)* 8 (2.2%)

Alcohol use, yes 1 (0%) 15 (4.2%)

** P < 0.005 respect control group

* P < 0.05 respect control group