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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Addict Med. 2015 Mar-Apr;9(2):111–117. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000101

Table 1.

Summary of demographics

All women in study (n=251) Women with no other drug use (n=119)
Any MA use during
pregnancy n=144
No MA use during
pregnancy n=107
Only MA use during
pregnancy n=60
No drug use during
pregnancy n=59
Mean ± SD Range Mean ± SD Range p-value Mean ± SD Range Mean ± SD Range p-value
Maternal Age (years) 28.6 ± 6.1 (16–45) 28.4 ± 6.1 (14–41) 0.65 28.4 ± 6.7 (16–45) 29.1 ± 5.5 (18–41) 0.52
Gravidity 4.9 ± 3 (1–12) 3.5 ± 2.5 (1–15) <0.0001 4.8 ± 3.5 (1–15) 3.6 ± 2.5 (1–15) 0.02
Parity 2.5 ± 2.1 (0–9) 1.5 ± 1.6 (0–6) <0.0001 2.2 ± 2.2 (0–8) 1.7 ± 1.7 (0–6) 0.16
Aborta 1.4 ± 2.1 (0–12) 1.1 ± 1.7 (0–11) 0.12 1.6 ± 2.3 (0–12) 0.9 ± 1.1 (0–11) 0.08
Primary Ethnicity n=239 * n % n % n % n % p-value
Caucasian 27 20.1 44 41.9 0.0004 14 25.0 18 31.6 0.57
NH/OPI 76 56.7 34 32.3 0.0003 30 53.6 22 38.6 0.16
Asian 10 7.5 15 14.2 0.17 4 7.1 9 15.8 0.15
Filipina 8 6.0 4 3.8 0.65 3 5.4 3 5.3 1.00
African American 4 3.0 3 2.9 1.00 2 3.6 2 3.5 1.00
Hispanic 7 5.0 5 4.8 1.00 2 3.6 3 5.3 1.00
Other substance use n % n % p-value n % n % p-value
Smoker (any during pregnancy) n=241 124 89.9 80 77.7 0.01 54 91.5 39 72.2 0.01
Alcohol n=233 18 14.0 13 12.5 0.75 0 0 0 0 NA
Cocaine n=238 6 4.5 5 4.8 0.93 0 0 0 0 NA
Heroin n=251 6 4.2 2 1.9 0.47 0 0 0 0 NA
Marijuana n=239 44 32.6 16 15.4 0.002 0 0 0 0 NA
Other opioid use n=233 9 6.3. 21 19.4 0.002 0 0 0 0 NA
Co-occurring mental health disorders n % n % p-value n % n % p-value
Mood disorder n=246 64 45.1 41 39.1 0.38 32 53.3 21 36.2 0.06
Schizophrenia/Schizoaffective n=245 8 5.6 0 0 0.02 3 5.0 0 0 0.24
PTSD n=245 26 18.3 11 10.68 0.09 15 25.0 6 10.5 0.04
Any co-occurring disorder n=246 72 50.7 44 42.3 0.19 35 59.3 25 42.4 0.06

NH/OPI=native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander

*

50% of women in the study were more than one ethnicity.

Mood disorder=depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder.

PTSD=post-traumatic stress disorder

n and percentages may differ because of missing values