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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Obstet Gynecol. 2014 Jan;123(1):113–125. doi: 10.1097/AOG.0000000000000052

Table 1.

Sociodemographic and Pregnancy Characteristics by Cotinine Testing and Toxicology Screening Status

Characteristic - Weighted %* Cotinine Testing Toxicology Screening Cotinine Testing
Toxicology Screening



No Yes P No Yes P No Yes P

Stillbirth pregnancies
  Unweighted sample size, n 84 579 245 418 283 380
  Weighted sample size, nw 87 576 258 405 296 367
  Maternal age at delivery (years)
    <20 13.9 13.1 0.666 15.3 11.8 0.357 15.9 11.0 0.256
    20–34 67.1 70.1 70.3 69.3 69.2 70.1
    35–39 15.9 11.9 10.0 13.9 10.8 13.7
    40+ 3.1 5.0 4.4 4.9 4.1 5.2
  Maternal race/ethnicity
    White, non-Hispanic 18.4 35.7 <0.001 19.3 42.5 <.001 20.2 44.1 <.001
    Black, non-Hispanic 41.5 20.6 31.8 17.9 32.8 15.7
    Hispanic 31.3 37.1 40.9 33.3 39.5 33.7
    Other 8.8 6.7 8.0 6.3 7.5 6.5
  Insurance/method of payment
    No insurance 9.7 5.4 0.290 6.9 5.3 0.020 8.0 4.3 0.005
    Any public/private assistance 50.8 54.0 59.5 49.8 57.9 50.1
    VA/commercial health ins/HMO 39.6 40.7 33.6 44.9 34.1 45.7
  Gestational age (weeks)
    18–19 3.6 2.3 0.123 4.7 1.1 0.028 4.1 1.2 0.014
    20–23 46.3 32.0 38.2 31.1 39.1 29.6
    24–27 16.5 15.7 15.8 15.9 15.8 15.9
    28–31 10.9 13.0 9.7 14.6 9.7 15.2
    32–36 11.2 19.9 17.2 19.8 16.7 20.5
    37+ 11.4 17.0 14.4 17.5 14.6 17.6

Live birth pregnancies
  Unweighted sample size, n 387 1,545 882 1,050 1,041 891
  Weighted sample size, nw 256 1,183 565 874 697 742
  Maternal age at delivery (years)
    <20 13.9 9.5 0.029 11.7 9.4 0.465 12.4 8.4 0.019
    20–34 71.4 76.6 75.0 76.1 73.9 77.3
    35–39 10.6 12.2 11.1 12.5 10.9 12.9
    40+ 4.1 1.7 2.2 2.0 2.8 1.5
  Maternal race/ethnicity
    White, non-Hispanic 38.9 47.3 <.001 36.1 52.1 <.001 37.9 53.2 <.001
    Black, non-Hispanic 22.5 9.4 18.8 7.2 17.4 6.4
    Hispanic 29.2 36.1 37.8 32.9 36.7 33.1
    Other 9.4 7.2 7.4 7.8 8.0 7.2
  Insurance/method of payment
    No insurance 3.1 3.6 0.476 3.9 3.4 0.022 3.6 3.5 0.007
    Any public/private assistance 52.1 47.9 53.2 45.7 53.1 44.5
    VA/commercial health ins/HMO 44.8 48.5 43.0 50.9 43.4 52.0
  Gestational age (weeks)
    20–23 0.3 0.4 0.291 0.5 0.3 <.001 0.4 0.3 <.001
    24–27 1.0 0.7 1.4 0.3 1.2 0.3
    28–31 1.2 1.0 2.0 0.4 1.7 0.4
    32–36 10.6 8.2 13.0 5.8 11.6 5.8
    37+ 86.9 89.8 83.1 93.2 85.1 93.2

HMO, health maintenance organization.

*

Weighted percentages and p-values are shown by analysis inclusion status, i.e., whether specific testing (cotinine, toxicology, cotinine and toxicology) was done. The weights take into account the study design and differential consent based on characteristics recorded on all eligible pregnancies that were screened for the study. Unweighted and weighted samples sizes are also provided. The weighted sample sizes are not integers, but are shown rounded to the nearest integer. Sample sizes vary slightly by characteristic included in the table. Nw is a count of the observations according to their relative weight in the analysis.