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. 2014 Jul 11;4(7):e005030. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005030

Table 3.

Mean difference (95% CI) in birth measurements of children born to smoking mothers, comparing those where the child's grandmother had smoked with those who had not

  MGM+M+ vs MGM−M+
PGM+M+ vs PGM−M+
Unadjusted Adjusted* Unadjusted Adjusted*
Total IQ
Boys −3.87 −2.45 −4.00 −2.90
 95% CI (−6.34 to −1.40) (−4.96 to +0.07) (−6.92 to −1.08) (−5.72 to −0.08)
 p Value 0.002 0.057 0.007 0.044
 Number 694 612 507 482
Girls −2.50 −0.40 −3.03 −1.36
 95% CI (−4.90 to −0.11) (−2.85 to +2.05) (−5.78 to −0.28) (−4.07 to +1.36)
 p Value 0.041 0.749 0.031 0.327
 Number 617 551 456 436
Performance IQ
Boys −2.64 −1.48 −2.44 −1.40
 95% CI (−5.20 to −0.08) (−4.20 to +1.24) (−5.40 to +0.50) (−4.39 to +1.60)
 p Value 0.043 0.287 0.104 0.360
 Number 698 616 510 485
Girls −2.46 −0.50 −3.03 −1.74
 95% CI (−5.01 to +0.09) (−3.19 to +2.19) (−5.88 to −0.18) (−4.69 to +1.20)
 p Value 0.059 0.716 0.037 0.245
 N 619 552 457 436
Verbal IQ
Boys −3.75 −2.40 −4.73 −3.65
 95% CI (−6.30 to −1.21) (−5.00 to +1.20) (−7.81 to −1.66) (−6.60 to −0.70)
 p Value 0.004 0.070 0.003 0.015
 Number 697 615 509 484
Girls −1.98 −0.15 −2.48 −0.81
 95% CI (−4.37 to +0.42) (−2.60 to +2.30) (−5.28 to +0.32) (−3.54 to +1.92)
 p Value 0.106 0.906 0.082 0.561
 Number 617 551 456 436

Values in italics indicate a significance of p<0.05. *Adjusted for maternal education, parity, partner smoked in pregnancy, gestational length at birth of study child and the amount the mother smoked.

M, mother; MGM, maternal grandmother; PGM, paternal grandmother.