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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 3.

Unadjusted associations between Pregnancy complications and MA use

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

Pregnancy Complications n (percent) n (percent) OR (95%CI) p-value n (percent) n (percent) OR (95%CI) p-value

Preterm delivery 18 (12.6) 13 (12.0) 1.05 (0.5–2.3) 1.00 8 (13) 3 (5) 2.8 (0.7–11.2) 0.2
Low birth weight 15 (10.7) 10 (9.4) 1.2 (0.5–2.7) 0.83 8 (13) 2 (3.4) 4.3 (0.9–21.2) 0.09
Chronic Hypertension 11 (7.7) 2 (1.9) 4.4 (0.9–20.2) 0.035 3 (4.9) 0 (0) NA 0.24
Preeclampsia 10 (7.0) 4 (3.7) 1.94 (0.6–6.3) 0.28 4 (6.6) 2 (3.4) 2.0 (0.4–11.5) 0.68
Cesarean Delivery 46 (32.2) 15 (12.0) 2.9 (1.5–5.6) 0.0006 12 (19.7) 4 (6.8) 3.4 (1.0–11.1) 0.058
NICU Admission 10 (7.3) 10 (9.6) 0.74 (0.3–1.9) 0.63 4 (6.8) 2 (3.6) 1.9 (0.3–11.0) 0.68
Small for gestational age 15 (10.5) 15 (14.0) 0.72 (0.3–1.5) 0.43 8 (13) 6 (10.3) 1.3 (0.4–4.0) 0.78

NICU=newborn intensive care unit, OR=odds ratio, CI=confidence interval.

n and percentages may differ by column due to lack of data on outcome