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 |
Kruskal-Wallis test.
Post hoc test Lighter group differ from None (P < .02).