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

TABLE 3.

BSP Association With Sample Characteristics, by Number of Time Points With Reported BSPs

No. of Time Points With a BSP
0 1 2 3 4
N 6522 2527 1366 780 272
Maternal characteristics
 Smoked during pregnancy, any, %*** 19.9 25.7 27.8 31.0 30.7
 Alcohol during pregnancy, any, %* 54.3 54.6 58.5 58.4 53.2
 Age at delivery, mean y (SD)*** 28.61 (4.78) 28.09 (4.84) 27.94 (5.05) 27.6 (4.89) 27.96 (4.72)
 Breastfed this child, ever, % 77.2 76.6 74.7 73.4 73.8
Child characteristics
 Gender, male, % 50.8 53.5 51.0 52.4 50
 Race, white, % 98.0 97.7 97.5 97.1 98.5
 Premature, <37 wk, % 4.6 4.3 6.2 5 3.3
 Low birth weight, <2500 g, %* 3.6 3.9 4.7 5.7 3.7
 Adenoids removed, ever, %** 6.7 7.2 9.6 9.9 7.0
 Tonsils removed, ever, % 4.0 4.7 5.3 6.3 4.3
 IQ, <80, %*** 10.6 13.2 14.6 18.1 15.1
 IQ (mean, SD)*** 105.76 (16.28) 103.33 (16.54) 102.67 (16.27) 100.99 (16.35) 101.80 (15.61)
Socioeconomic/family characteristics
 Maternal education, lower, %*** 60.1 63.8 65.1 71.9 75
 Paternal employment, manual, %*** 39.9 45.0 45.5 52.0 48.0
 Housing, inadequate, %*** 10.5 14.3 15.3 18.2 20.6
 Family adversity index, range 0–18, mean (SD)*** 1.64 (1.81) 2.03 (2.08) 2.36 (2.15) 2.64 (2.39) 2.87 (2.27)
 HOME score, mean 0–8, mean (SD) 5.76 (1.64) 5.77 (1.66) 5.75 (1.65) 5.69 (1.68) 5.71 (1.79)
 Parity, ≥1, %*** 57.5 53.5 49.9 46.8 48.9

HOME, Home Observation for the Measurement of the Environment.

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