Table 2.
Association of potential risk factors for SIDS by univariate analysis with roomsharing without bedsharing, solitary sleeping and bedsharing.
| Variable | Total | Roomsharing without Bedsharing n (%) |
Solitary Sleeping n (%) |
Bedsharing n (%) |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Sample | 708 | 344 (48.6) | 134 (18.9) | 230 (32.5) | |
| Maternal age, y | <.001 | ||||
| ≤19 | 120 | 41 (12.0) | 18 (13.7) | 61 (26.5) | |
| ≥20 | 583 | 301 (88.0) | 113 (86.3) | 169 (73.5) | |
| Maternal race | <.001 | ||||
| Black | 465 | 205 (60.3) | 87 (66.9) | 173 (75.5) | |
| Hispanic | 96 | 59 (17.3) | 9 (6.9) | 28 (12.2) | |
| Other | 32 | 19 (5.6) | 6 (4.6) | 7 (3.1) | |
| White | 106 | 57 (16.8) | 28 (21.6) | 21 (9.2) | |
| Maternal education | .01 | ||||
| Less than high school | 145 | 64 (18.7) | 21 (16.0) | 60 (26.1) | |
| High school/GED | 276 | 131 (38.2) | 48 (36.7) | 97 (42.2) | |
| Some college | 206 | 101 (29.4) | 46 (35.1) | 59 (25.6) | |
| College/more | 77 | 47 (13.7) | 16 (12.2) | 14 (6.1) | |
| Infant age, mo | <.001 | ||||
| 0–1 | 256 | 146 (42.5) | 24 (18.0) | 86 (37.4) | |
| 2–3 | 145 | 72 (20.9) | 27 (20.3) | 46 (20.0) | |
| 4–8 | 306 | 126 (36.6) | 82 (61.7) | 98 (42.6) | |
| Infant health status | .95 | ||||
| Chronic/acute illness | 59 | 28 (8.2) | 12 (9.1) | 19 (8.3) | |
| Healthy | 646 | 315 (91.8) | 120 (90.9) | 211 (91.7) | |
| Usual infant sleep position | .02 | ||||
| Non-supine | 269 | 118 (34.3) | 47 (35.1) | 104 (45.2) | |
| Supine | 439 | 226 (65.7) | 87 (64.9) | 126 (54.8) | |
| Maternal smoking status | .64 | ||||
| Smoker | 114 | 59 (17.2) | 18 (13.6) | 37 (16.1) | |
| Non-Smoker | 591 | 284 (82.8) | 114 (86.4) | 193 (83.9) | |
| Place of well-child care | .06 | ||||
| Free-standing clinic | 112 | 55 (16.0) | 25 (18.9) | 32 (14.0) | |
| Hospital-based clinic | 262 | 122 (35.5) | 37 (28.0) | 103 (45.0) | |
| None | 13 | 5 (1.4) | 3 (2.3) | 5 (2.2) | |
| Private-practice/Other | 318 | 162 (47.1) | 67 (50.8) | 89 (38.8) | |
| Usual infant intake | .34 | ||||
| Includes breast milk | 109 | 56 (16.3) | 24 (17.9) | 29 (12.7) | |
| Excludes beast milk | 598 | 288 (83.7) | 110 (82.1) | 200 (87.3) | |