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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Alcohol. 2017 Jun 15;62:49–60. doi: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2017.03.001

Table 2.

Participant Characteristics by Drinking Trajectory Group

Drinking Trajectory Group

Statistic None
n=5585
Moderate
quit early
n=2932
High
quit later
n=1122
Low
continuous
n=1334
High
continuous
n=719
Overall
n=11692

Maternal age (years) n 5585 2932 1122 1334 719 11692
mean (S.D.) 26.0 (5.9) 25.7 (5.5) 24.6 (5.5) 24.2 (5.8) 26.3 (5.9) 25.6 (5.8)
median 26.0 25.0 24.0 23.0 26.0 25.0
min : max 15.0 : 45.0 16.0 : 44.0 15.0 : 43.0 16.0 : 43.0 16.0 : 42.0 15.0 : 45.0
Maternal race
    American Indian or Alaska Native n (%) 1108 (19.8%) 596 (20.3%) 258 (23.0%) 35 (2.6%) 24 (3.3%) 2021 (17.3%)
    Mixed Ancestry n (%) 3004 (53.8%) 1177 (40.1%) 752 (67.0%) 1267 (95.0%) 688 (95.7%) 6888 (58.9%)
    White n (%) 1397 (25.0%) 1138 (38.8%) 105 (9.4%) 29 (2.2%) 3 (0.4%) 2672 (22.9%)
    Other/Unknown n (%) 76 (1.4%) 21 (0.7%) 7 (0.6%) 3 (0.2%) 4 (0.6%) 111 (0.9%)
Trimester participant was recruited
    First trimester n (%) 1550 (27.8%) 784 (26.7%) 236 (21.0%) 245 (18.4%) 124 (17.2%) 2939 (25.1%)
    Second trimester n (%) 3544 (63.5%) 1978 (67.5%) 768 (68.4%) 855 (64.1%) 441 (61.3%) 7586 (64.9%)
    Third trimester n (%) 491 (8.8%) 170 (5.8%) 118 (10.5%) 234 (17.5%) 154 (21.4%) 1167 (10.0%)
Gestational age at recruitment (weeks) n 5585 2932 1122 1334 719 11692
mean (S.D.) 18.0 (6.6) 17.3 (5.9) 19.4 (6.5) 21.1 (7.2) 21.7 (7.5) 18.5 (6.7)
median 17.0 16.4 18.9 20.7 21.9 17.4
min : max 3.6 : 39.4 3.7 : 38.6 5.9 : 40.3 6.1 : 38.4 6.0 : 39.9 3.6 : 40.3
High school education n (%) 2837 (50.8%) 1862 (63.5%) 444 (39.6%) 250 (18.7%) 106 (14.7%) 5499 (47.0%)
Living with spouse or partner n (%) 5065 (90.7%) 2604 (88.8%) 936 (83.4%) 1223 (91.7%) 639 (88.9%) 10467 (89.5%)
Edinburgh Depression Scale ≥13 n (%) 1769 (31.7%) 735 (25.1%) 480 (42.8%) 787 (59.0%) 430 (59.8%) 4201 (35.9%)
Received government assistance n (%) 1967 (35.2%) 905 (30.9%) 414 (36.9%) 376 (28.2%) 285 (39.6%) 3947 (33.8%)

NOTE: All tests for differences across trajectory groups are significant (p values <0.0001)