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. 2012 Apr;129(4):681–688. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-2209

TABLE 1.

Comparison of Dyads Included and Not Included in the Study

Characteristics Included (n = 330) Not Included (n = 82) P
Maternal/demographic
 Race .967
  White 127 (38.4) 33 (40.2)
  Hispanic 74 (22.4) 18 (22.0)
  Pacific Islander 58 (17.6) 13 (15.9)
  Asian 45 (13.6) 12 (14.6)
  Black 17 (5.2) 5 (6.1)
  American Indian 9 (2.7) 1 (1.2)
 Low SES (Hollingshead V) 72 (21.8) 21 (25.6) .457
 Public insurance 292 (88.5) 77 (93.9) .507
 No partner 147 (44.6) 38 (46.3) .805
 Education <12 y 137 (41.5) 35 (42.7) .803
 Maternal age, y 25.2 ± 5.7) 25.1 ± 5.2 .945
 Prenatal MA use 166 (50.3) 38 (46.3) .539
 MA heavy use (≥3 d/wk across pregnancy) 29 (8.8) 6 (7.3) .588
 Prenatal alcohol use 82 (24.9) 24 (29.3) .401
 Absolute alcohol/day (oz) across pregnancy 0.06 ± 0.37 0.08 ± 0.24 .757
 Prenatal marijuana use 60 (18.2) 16 (19.5) .753
 Joints/day across pregnancy 0.04 ± 0.18 0.26 ± 1.7 .023
 Prenatal tobacco exposure 179 (54.2) 39 (47.6) .323
 Cigarettes/d across pregnancy 4.2 ± 7.1 4.5 ± 7.2 .788
Neonatal
 Male gender 170 (51.5) 50 (61.0) .139
 Birth weight, g 3231 ± 606 3312 ± 570 .276
 Gestational age, wk 38.6 ± 2.1 39.0 ± 1.7 .140
 Low birth weight 41 (12.4) 6 (7.3) .245
 Length, cm 50.3 ± 3.5 50.6 ± 2.9 .477
 Head circumference, cm 33.8 ± 1.8 34.2 ± 1.7 .134

Data are presented as n (%) or mean ± SD.