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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2017 Feb 7;216(5):529.e1–529.e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2017.01.040

Table 1.

Maternal treatment and substance exposure characteristics (n=49)

Mean SD Range
Maternal substance history:
Age at first substance use (years) 19.8 4.8 (9–31)
Age at regular (3x/week or more), substance use (years) 21.0 4.6 (14–32)
Duration regular substance use upon treatment entry (years) 6.5 4.4 (1–22)
Treatment measures:
Gestational age upon treatment entry (weeks) 21.3 7.0 (5.3–32.5)
Length of time in treatment prior to delivery (days) 121.1 56.7 (29–241)
Buprenorphine dose (mg)
 At 24 weeks gestation (n=20) 12.0 7.1 (2–28)
 At 28 weeks gestation (n=30) 12.3 6.0 (2–24)
 At 32 weeks gestation (n=42) 12.7 6.3 (2–24)
 At 36 weeks gestation (n=40) 12.8 6.5 (2–24)
Urine toxicology screenings during treatment 16.4 8.0 (3–33)
Positive research urine toxicology screenings* at delivery (%/ SD) 19.7 25.6 (1–100)
Participants with 1 or more positive screenings (#/%) 29 (59%)
*

substance screened for include (#/%): opiates (12;41%), THC (10; 34%), benzodiazepines (11;38%), cocaine (8;28%), opioid containing pain relievers (6;21%), methadone (4;14%), methamphetamine (2;7%), amphetamines (1;3%), barbiturates (0;0%) and buprenorphine (49; 100%)

Cut off values for urine toxicology screenings: opiates (morphine) (300 ng/mL); THC (50 ng/mL); benzodiazepines (300 ng/mL); cocaine (300 ng/mL); opioid containing pain relievers (100 ng/mL); methadone (300 ng/mL); methamphetamine (500 ng/mL); amphetamines (1000 ng/mL); barbiturates (300ng/mL), and buprenorphine (10 ng/mL)