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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 2.

Birth Outcomes of MA-exposed pregnancies compared with non-MA exposed pregnancies

All women (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 during
pregnancy n=60
No drug use during
pregnancy n=59

Outcome Mean ± SD Mean ± SD p-value Mean ± SD Mean ± SD p-value

Gestational age (weeks) 38.5 ± 2.0 39.1 ± 2.1 0.048 38.8 ± 2.1 39.5 ± 1.6 0.043
Birth Weight (grams) 3159 ± 561 3168 ± 533 0.9 3103 ± 537 3321 ± 451 0.019
Head Circumference (cm) 33.5 ± 3.2 33.9 ± 2.9 0.42 33.2 ± 3.4 34.6 ± 1.5 0.01
Length (cm) 50.3 ± 3.0 50.6 ± 3.4 0.52 49.8 ± 3.4 51.3 ± 2.5 0.009
Cord pH 7.25 ± 0.1 7.27 ± 0.1 0.18 7.25 ± 0.1 7.27 ± 0.1 0.26
Maternal LOS (days) 2.7 ± 1.3 2.4 ± 1.2 0.12 2.52 ± 0.9 2.2 ± 0.8 0.02
Infant LOS (days) 3.9 ± 7.0 3.5 ± 4.7 0.62 4.3 ± 7.8 2.5 ± 1.9 0.1
First prenatal visit (weeks) 23.3 ± 9.5 17.7 ± 9.5 <0.0001 24.2 ± 9.4 17.2 ± 10.4 0.0009
Number of prenatal visits 7 ± 4.3 8.4 ± 3.9 0.018 7.5 ± 4.4 8.6 ±4.2 0.22