Table 3.

Effects of Prenatal Cocaine Exposure on Early Sexual Activity Mediated via Externalizing Behavior by Gender

	Girls (n = 192)						Boys (n = 142)
	Model 1			Model 2			Model 1			Model 2
	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p	OR	95% CI	p
Prenatal cocaine exposure	2.62	1.03 – 6.67	.04	2.09	0.79 – 5.53	.14	1.20	0.89 – 4.47	.09	1.99	0.89 – 4.56	.09
Prenatal alcohol exposurea	0.89	0.60 – 1.31	.55	0.89	0.59 – 1.34	.57	0.78	0.56 – 1.09	.15	0.78	0.56 – 1.10	.16
Total HOME score	0.95	0.90 – 1.02	.14	0.95	0.89 – 1.02	.14	0.97	0.92 – 1.02	.28	0.97	0.92 – 1.02	.28
Parental monitoring	0.57	0.29 – 1.08	.09	0.86	0.41 – 1.78	.68	0.57	0.31 – 1.04	.07	0.56	0.31 – 1.04	.07
Violence exposure	1.51	1.51 – 2.27	.04	1.34	0.88 – 2.06	.18	1.52	1.11 – 2.09	.009	1.55	1.09 – 2.21	.01
Externalizing behavior	---	---	---	1.07	1.02 – 1.13	.008	---	---	---	0.99	0.95 – 1.04	.80

^aAverage