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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatrics. 2010 Jun 29;126(1):e57–e65. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-2754

Table 4.

Associations between maternal and paternal smoking and confounders

Odds of Maternal and Paternal Smoking During Pregnancy
Maternal smoking Paternal smoking
Confounder OR 95% CI P OR 95% CI P
ALSPAC (N=4604)
 Maternal Education
  (non-degree vs degree)
3.61 2.66, 4.88 <0.001 2.94 2.37, 3.65 <0.001
 Paternal Education
  (non-degree vs degree)
3.23 2.52, 4.13 <0.001 2.81 2.34, 3.38 <0.001
 Income
  (lowest quarter vs rest)
2.69 2.23, 3.24 <0.001 3.02 2.55, 3.57 <0.001
 Occupation
  (manual vs nonmanual)
2.68 2.20, 3.28 <0.001 2.53 2.11, 3.03 <0.001
 Maternal anxiety/depression 1
  (highest quarter vs rest)
1.70 1.43, 2.03 <0.001 1.46 1.25, 1.70 <0.001
 Paternal anxiety/depression 1
  (highest quarter vs rest)
1.31 1.10, 1.57 0.003 1.44 1.24, 1.68 <0.001
 Maternal prenatal alcohol
  (≥1 glass/wk vs less)
1.81 1.49, 2.21 <0.001 1.33 1.11, 1.58 0.002
 Paternal prenatal alcohol
  (≥1 glass/day vs less)
1.01 0.83, 1.24 0.9 1.58 1.34, 1.95 <0.001

Pelotas 1993 (N=523)
 Maternal education
  (≤10 years vs higher)
2.11 1.17, 3.82 0.01 1.94 1.18, 3.17 0.009
 Paternal education
  (≤10 years vs higher)
3.84 1.90, 7.77 <0.001 2.09 1.25, 3.49 0.005
 Income
  (lowest quarter vs rest)
1.40 0.89, 2.21 0.1 2.08 1.34, 3.24 0.001
 Occupation
  (proletariat vs bourgeois)
1.26 0.77, 2.08 0.4 1.47 0.93, 2.30 0.1
 Maternal psychiatric problems
  (yes vs no)
1.36 0.87, 2.14 0.2 1.64 1.06, 2.53 0.03
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Maternal and paternal anxiety/depression scores represent combined scores on prenatal and postnatal depression and prenatal anxiety