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

Table 5.

Unadjusted and adjusted associations between pregnancy outcome and attention problems following the removal of women with hypertensive disorders, high placental MV-O or MV-D, or small for gestational age births a,b

Full Term (referent)
N = 610
Late-Preterm Circumstance (N=152)
Medically Indicated
N = 38
Spontaneous
N = 114
Mean [95%CI] Mean [95%CI] Mean [95%CI]
No Hypertensive Disorders N = 551 N = 21 N = 105
Oppositionality
  unadjusted 51.6 [50.5, 52.7] 49.5 [46.5, 52.7] 52.3 [50.1, 54.5]
  adjusted 57.2 [54.8, 59.6] 54.7 [50.5, 59.2] 57.5 [54.5, 60.8]
Inattention
  unadjusted 51.6 [50.7, 52.6] 51.5 [47.3, 55.9] 52.1 [50.1, 54.1]
  adjusted 56.2 [54.0, 58.5] 55.8 [50.7, 61.4] 56.8 [53.9, 59.8]
Hyperactivity
  unadjusted 55.1 [53.9, 56.2] 56.0 [51.8, 60.2] 54.6 [52.4, 56.9]
  adjusted 62.4 [59.8, 64.9] 62.7 [58.2, 67.3] 61.5 [58.4, 64.6]
ADHD Index
  unadjusted 53.2 [52.3, 54.2] 53.6 [48.9, 58.3] 52.5 [50.5, 54.5]
  adjusted 59.3 [57.2, 61.4] 59.5 [54.4, 64.5] 58.4 [55.7, 61.1]

No SGAs N = 552 N = 29 N = 108
Oppositionality
  unadjusted 51.4 [50.4, 52.5] 53.6 [49.6, 57.9] 51.8 [49.8, 54.0]
  adjusted 57.3 [54.9, 59.7] 60.1 [54.9, 65.8] 56.7 [53.7, 59.8]
Inattention
  unadjusted 51.5 [50.6, 52.4] 51.9 [48.8, 55.3] 51.4 [49.6, 53.3]
  adjusted 55.3 [53.0, 57.6] 55.5 [51.4, 59.9] 55.2 [52.5, 58.0]
Hyperactivity
  unadjusted 54.7 [53.6, 55.9 58.3 [54.6, 61.9] 54.0 [51.9, 56.1]
  adjusted 61.6 [58.9, 64.3 64.8 [60.5, 69.2] 60.1 [57.1, 63.1]
ADHD Index
  unadjusted 53.0 [52.1, 54.0] 55.7 [52.1, 59.4] 51.6 [49.8, 53.5]
  adjusted 58.6 [56.3, 60.8] 61.1 [57.1, 65.2] 56.8 [54.2, 59.5]

No High MV-O or MV-D N = 407 N = 25 N = 83
Oppositionality
  unadjusted 51.3 [50.1, 52.5] 53.5 [48.7, 58.7] 53.2 [50.5, 56.0]
  adjusted 57.4 [54.4, 60.5] 60.1 [53.7, 67.2] 58.7 [54.9, 62.8]
Inattention
  unadjusted 52.3 [51.2, 53.4] 51.4 [48.4, 54.6] 53.4 [51.0, 55.9]
  adjusted 57.6 [54.9, 60.5] 56.3 [52.2, 60.8] 58.7 [55.1, 62.5]
Hyperactivity
  unadjusted 54.7 [53.5, 56.0] 58.1 [53.7, 62.6] 55.4 [53.0, 57.8]
  adjusted 63.0 [60.1, 65.9] 65.5 [60.3, 70.7] 63.4 [59.9, 66.8]
ADHD Index
  unadjusted 53.6 [52.5, 54.7] 54.5 [50.4, 58.6] 53.5 [51.0, 55.9]
  adjusted 61.0 [58.6, 63.5] 61.6 [57.2, 66.1] 60.7 [57.4, 64.1]

Abbreviations: MV-D (Maternal Vascular Pathology: Developmental); MV-O (Maternal Vascular Pathology: Obstructive); SGA (small for gestational age)

a

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

b

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

All mean differences were non-significant.