. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Childs Nerv Syst. 2016 Dec 27;33(4):639–646. doi: 10.1007/s00381-016-3328-3

TABLE 3.

Baseline characteristics of the mothers in the overall study population^*

Characteristic	COA (N=78)	MOMS prenatal (N=78)^‡	MOMS postnatal (N=80)^‡	p-value	p-value

	1	2	3	1–2	1–3
Age – yrs^†	25.8±5.5; M 26	29.3±5.3	28.8±4.9	<.0001	<.0004
Race or ethnicity, no. (%)
white	55 (70.5)	73 (93.6)	74 (92.5)	<.001	<.001
black	16 (20.5)	1 (1.3)	1 (1.3)	<.001	<.001
hispanic	7 (9.0)	2 (2.6)	4 (5.0)	0.167	0.326
other	0 (0.0)	2 (2.6)	1 (1.3)	0.497	1.000
Married or living with partner, no. (%)	52 (66.7)	73 (93.6)	74 (92.5)	<.001	<.001
BMI^†	25.3±5.5; M 23.5; (N=54)	26.2±3.7	25.9±3.9	0.232	0.429

BMI = Body Mass Index; M = Median

Statistical analysis was performed using student T-Test, Fisher’s exact test, and chi-square test, as appropriate.

^†

Values are reported as mean ± SD

^‡

The initial patients reported by MOMS¹