Table 4.
Unadjusted and adjusted mean birth weight (grams) among quitters, before and during the Tips campaign: Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, 2009–2013
Exposure | Women who quit smoking by the third trimester | |||
Unadjusted | Adjusted* | |||
Mean birth weight | Mean difference | Mean birth weight | Mean difference | |
Unexposed (precampaign) (n=65 658)† |
3309 | −5.2 | 3228 | −2.0 |
Exposed (during campaign) (n=20 092)‡ |
3314 | 95% CI − 14.1 to 3.8 | 3230 | 95% CI − 9.0 to 5.0 |
*Adjusted for maternal age; race; education; marital status; parity; Woman, Infants and Children enrolment; prepregnancy body mass index; insurance status; state; and gestational age.
†Births to women who smoked in the 3 months before pregnancy and delivered prior to the Tips 2012 campaign (1 January 2009 to 18 March 2012).
‡Births to women who smoked in the 3 months before pregnancy and for whom there was temporal overlap between the Tips 2012 campaign and the period including her pregnancy (first and second trimesters) and the preceding 3 months.