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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2012 Jun;33(5):405–415. doi: 10.1097/DBP.0b013e3182564704

Table 3.

Unadjusted and adjusted associations between pregnancy outcome and parent-reported attention problemsa,b

Full Term (referent)
N = 610
Late-Preterm
N = 152
Late-Preterm Circumstance (N=152)
Medically Indicated
N=38
Spontaneous
N = 114
Mean [95%CI] Mean [95%CI] Mean [95%CI] Mean [95%CI]
Oppositionality
 unadjusted 51.5 [50.5, 52.5] 52.6 [50.8, 54.4] 53.6 [50.0, 57.6] 52.2 [50.1, 54.3]
 adjusted 57.7 [55.5, 60.1] 58.6 [55.7, 61.6] 60.7 [55.8, 66.0] 57.9 [54.9, 61.0]
Inattention
 unadjusted 51.5 [50.7, 52.4] 52.0 [50.4, 53.5] 52.4 [49.6, 55.4] 51.8 [50.0, 53.7]
 adjusted 56.1 [54.0, 58.3] 56.6 [54.1, 59.2] 57.0 [53.2, 61.0] 56.5 [53.8, 59.3]
Hyperactivity
 unadjusted 54.9 [53.9, 56.0] 55.6 [53.8, 57.3] 58.8* [55.5, 62.0] 54.5 [52.4, 56.5]
 adjusted 62.5 [60.0, 65.0] 62.7 [59.9, 65.6] 66.3* [62.3, 70.3] 61.5 [58.6, 64.5]
ADHD Index
 unadjusted 53.2 [52.3, 54.1] 53.1 [51.5, 54.8] 56.2 [53.1, 59.4] 52.1 [50.2, 53.9]
 adjusted 59.5 [57.4, 61.5] 59.3 [56.9, 61.8] 62.6* [59.0, 66.2] 58.2 [55.6, 60.8]
a

Weighting applied so that the analytic sample reflects the POUCH Subcohort.

b

Adjusted for: maternal race, education, marital status, parity, maternal age, tobacco use, and depressive symptoms during pregnancy, symptoms of serious mental illness at time of child survey, child sex, and child age at survey

*

p < 0.05 relative to full-term group