Table 4. Association of potential confounding variables with volumes of regions showing significant associations with methamphetamine (n = 18).
Maternal age (years) | Education (years) | Parity | Marijuana (days/month) | Smoking (number of cigarettes/ day) | Alcohol (oz AA/day) | Infant sex | Gestation al age at scan (weeks) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Left caudate | -0.02 (0.953) | 0.09 (0.733) | -0.23 (0.355) | 0.08 (0.749) | -0.42 (0.081) | 0.33 (0.180) | -0.26 (0.291) | 0.07 (0.796) |
Right caudate | -0.17 (0.492) | -0.14 (0.594) | -0.25 (0.325) | 0.25 (0.326) | -0.14 (0.585) | 0.48 (0.046) | -0.32 (0.195) | 0.27 (0.281) |
Left thalamus | -0.25 (0.325) | -0.31 (0.216) | -0.21 (0.400) | -0.14 (0.587) | -0.14 (0.594) | 0.24 (0.337) | -0.17 (0.506) | 0.63 (0.005) |
Right thalamus | -0.35 (0.152) | -0.30 (0.226) | -0.279 (0.262) | -0.02 (0.930) | -0.07 (0.789) | 0.33 (0.182) | -0.06 (0.804) | 0.56 (0.016) |
Values are Pearson r (p) in methamphetamine-exposed infants. Results with a trend towards association (p < 0.10) are shown in boldface.