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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Pediatr. 2013 Sep;167(9):836–844. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.455

Table 2. Description of included and excluded Project Viva mothers and children.

N=1224 included at 3 years N=1037 included at 7 years N=771 excluded at 3 and 7 years*
Mother Mean (SE)
Age (years) 32.5 (0.1) 32.3 (0.2) 31.0 (0.2)
PPVT score 106.0 (0.4) 105.4 (0.5) 100.8 (0.8)
KBIT-II score 107.9 (0.5) 107.2 (0.5) 102.5 (0.7)
Percent
Fish intake ≥2 servings per week 55.0% 52.8% 50.1%
Parity
 0 47.5% 47.3% 47.6%
 1 36.3% 36.4% 35.4%
 ≥2 16.2% 16.4% 17.0%
Smoking status
 Never 68.8% 70.1% 64.5%
 Former 21.0% 20.1% 17.4%
 During pregnancy 10.2% 9.8% 18.1%
Depression 6 months postpartum 8.8% 9.1% 11.0%
Education
 High school diploma or less 7.2% 8.6% 18.8%
 Some college 20.2% 21.3% 26.9%
 Bachelor's degree 37.7% 34.9% 32.7%
 Graduate degree 34.9% 35.2% 21.6%
Employment 6 months postpartum
 Employed 66.0% 66.7% 56.0%
 Employed, on maternity leave 6.0% 6.8% 6.2%
 Not employed, looking 4.6% 5.3% 10.1%
 Not employed, not looking 23.3% 21.3% 27.7%
Child Mean (SE)
Gestational age (weeks) 39.6 (0.04) 39.7 (0.04) 39.6 (0.05)
Birth weight (kg) 3.5 (0.01) 3.5 (0.02) 3.5 (0.02)
Birth weight for gestational age z-score 0.22 (0.03) 0.20 (0.0) 0.14 (0.04)
Percent
Female 50.4% 50.5% 47.7%
Race/Ethnicity
 Asian 2.7% 3.0% 5.8%
 Black 11.9% 15.1% 21%
 Hispanic 3.5% 3.7% 8%
 White 70.1% 66.1% 55.4%
 Other 11.8% 12.2% 9.8%
Primary English speaker 96.2% 98.7% 92.7%
Child care at 6 months
 Center 16.8% 17.2% 17.4%
 Other home 26.1% 27.3% 24.8%
 At own home 14.3% 13.6% 14.9%
 None 42.8% 42.0% 43.0%
Breastfeeding status at 6 months
 Formula only, never breast fed 10.6% 10.1% 15.0%
 Formula only, weaned 34.7% 35.1% 46.3%
 Mixed formula and breast milk 26.4% 26.8% 19.5%
 Breast milk only, no formula 28.2% 28.0% 19.2%
Mean (SE
Breastfeeding duration (months)
 Exclusive (to 6 months) 2.4 (0.1) 2.4 (0.1) 1.9 (0.1)
 Any (to 12 months) 6.4 (0.1) 6.5 (0.1) 4.9 (0.2)
Child cognition
 3 years
 PPVT-III 103.7 (0.43) N/A
 Total WRAVMA 101.8 (0.33) N/A
 7 years
 KBIT-II verbal N/A 112.5 (0.5)
 KBIT-II non-verbal N/A 106.5 (0.5)
 WRAVMA drawing N/A 92.2 (0.5)
 WRAML visual memory N/A 16.9 (0.1)
Family/Household
HOME-SF score 18.4 (0.1) 18.4 (0.1)
Percent
Income (1st trimester)
 <40,000 14.3% 16.2% 23.2%
 40,001-70K 22.3% 21.2% 26.4%
 >70,000 63.4% 62.6% 50.4%
Married/co-habitating (1st trimester) 93.6% 92.4% 89.3%
Mother's Partner
Education
 High school diploma or less 13.3% 14.2% 22.1%
 Some college 19.8% 20.5% 24.7%
 Bachelor's degree 36.5% 35.7% 30.0%
 Graduate degree 30.4% 29.6% 23.3%

PPVT-III is Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, 3rd edition. KBIT-II is Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test, 2nd edition. WRAVMA is Wide Range Assessment of Visual Motor Abilities. WRAML is Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning. HOME-SF is Home Observation Measurement of the Environment, Short Form.

*

excluded due to missing exposure or outcome data