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. 2012 Oct;130(4):634–642. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-0392

TABLE 2.

SDB Cluster Associations With Sample Characteristics

Peak at 6 mo Peak at 18 mo Worst Late Normal
N 2142 1830 934 2005 4138
Maternal
 Smoked during pregnancy, any, %*** 24.6 26.6 30.0 23.8 17.5
 Alcohol during pregnancy, any, %* 53.3 54.3 57.4 54.0 56.8
 Age at delivery, mean y (SD)*** 28.28 (4.73) 27.98 (4.90) 27.73 (5.03) 28.11 (4.79) 29.04 (4.64)
 Breastfed this child, ever, %*** 75.6 74.8 70.4 75.1 79.3
Child
 Gender, male, %*** 54.0 53.5 55.9 49.6 49.2
 Race, white, %** 98.2 96.7 97.7 98.1 98.2
 Premature, <37 wk, %* 4.5 4.5 7.0 4.8 4.3
 Low birth weight, <2500 g, %** 3.3 4.9 5.2 4.1 3.3
 Adenoids removed, ever, %*** 4.6 6.3 31.7 9.8 3.1
 Tonsils removed, ever, %*** 2.7 3.3 20.7 6.0 2.0
 IQ, <80, %*** 11.4 14.0 15.6 14.8 9.6
 IQ, mean (SD)*** 104.32 (16.14) 103.3 (17.05) 102.4 (16.25) 102.7 (16.28) 106.41 (16.07)
Socioeconomic and family
 Maternal education, lower, %*** 65.3 66.0 68.3 66.4 56.9
 Paternal employment, manual, %*** 43.7 46.4 47.2 44.4 37.7
 Housing, inadequate, %*** 15.3 14.8 16.2 13.3 9.12
 Family adversity index, range of 0–18, mean (SD)*** 2.15 (2.11) 2.20 (2.09) 2.37 (2.19) 1.93 (2.00) 1.57 (1.81)
 HOME score, range of 0–8, mean (SD) 5.7 (1.67) 5.73 (1.64) 5.70 (1.67) 5.78 (1.64) 5.79 (1.65)
 Parity, ≥1, %** 54.7 54.1 54.1 51.6 56.6

HOME, Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment.

* P < .05; ** P < .01; *** P < .001.