Table 3. Crude and adjusted mean birth weight in male and female infants.
Smoking status during early pregnancy | Male | Female | ||||||||
Crude mean birth weight (g) |
Standard Error |
Adjusted mean birth weight (g)a |
Standard Error |
P-valueb | Crude mean birth weight (g) |
Standard Error |
Adjusted mean birth weight (g)a |
Standard Error |
P-valueb | |
Never-smokers | 3062.8 | 9.0 | 3096.2 | 16.6 | 2966.8 | 9.2 | 3018.2 | 16.3 | ||
Ex-smokers who quit before pregnancy | 3055.3 | 13.5 | 3089.2 | 18.3 | 0.9 | 3002.3 | 13.0 | 3030.9 | 18.1 | 0.7 |
Ex-smokers who quit during early pregnancy | 3067.8 | 17.8 | 3068.4 | 20.0 | 0.2 | 2946.8 | 20.3 | 2978.6 | 20.5 | 0.06 |
Current smokers | 2928.4 | 29.3 | 2959.8 | 27.0 | <0.001 | 2815.6 | 29.0 | 2893.7 | 27.5 | <0.001 |
aAdjusted for partners’ smoking status, annual household income, birth order of children, pregnancy-induced hypertension, diabetes mellitus/gestational diabetes mellitus, maternal weight before pregnancy, maternal weight gain during pregnancy, maternal age group at delivery, and gestational duration; calculated by least squares mean adjustment.
bP-value was calculated using Dunnett’s test by least squares mean adjustment.