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. 2012 Sep;130(3):407–413. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-0666

TABLE 3.

Average Maternal Drug Use During Pregnancy by Heavier, Lighter, and Non-MDMA Exposure

Drug, per wk MDMA Status χ2a P
Heavier (n = 13) Lighter (n = 15) None (n = 68)
Mean (SD) Median (Range) Mean (SD) Median (Range) Mean (SD) Median (Range)
Cigarettes 50.2 (39.9) 45.0 (0–118) 23.8 (36.8) 9.6 (0–123) 32.5 (49.1) 13.19 (0–280) 4.63 .10
Alcohol, units 12.5 (16.0) 4.9 (0.06–51) 6.06 (4.52) 5.25 (0–14.7) 6.6 (12.9) 2.3 (0–84) 4.25 .12
Marijuana, joints 9.9 (24.2) 0.25 (0–87.5) 9.51 (14.79) 3.40 (0.01–3.4) 6.3 (15.0) 0.06 (0–88) 6.48 .04
MDMA, tablets 1.3 (1.4) 0.75 (0.17–4.5) 0.07 (0.04) 0.06 (0.01–0.14)
Cocaine, doses 0.15 (0.28) 0.05 (0–1.0) 0.24 (0.64) 0.005 (0–2.4) 0.02 (0.1) 0 (0–0.8) 28.6 .0001b
Crack, rocks 0.04 (0.11) 0 (0–0.37) 0.01 (0.04) 0 (0–0.17) 1.0 (5.0) 0 (0–38) 0.43 .81
Amphetamine, doses 0.03 (0.10) 0 (0–0.33) 0.05 (0.14) 0 (0–0.52) 0.0003 (0.001) 0 (0–0.01) 4.8 .09
Mushrooms, doses 0.02 (0.07) 0 (0–0.25) 0.003 (0.007) 0 (0–0.02) 0 (0) 0 (0–0) 8.2 .02
Tranquilizers, doses 0.23 (0.83) 0 (0–3) 0.003 (0.01) 0 (0–0.04 0.4 (1.9) 0 (0–11) 0.27 .87
Opiates, doses 0.25 (0.86) 0 (0–3.13) 0.02 (0.08) 0 (0–0.31) 0.2 (1.2) 0 (0–8) 0.70 .71
LSD, doses 0 0 0.03 (0.07) 0 (0–0.25) 0 (0) 0 (0–0) 16.5 .0003
Ketamine 0.13 (0.49) 0 (0–1.75) 0.001 (0.005) 0 (0–0.02) 0 0 5.0 .08
a

Kruskal-Wallis test.

b

Post hoc test Lighter group differ from None (P < .02).