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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychopathol. 2018 Aug;30(3):1087–1105. doi: 10.1017/S0954579418000676

Table 3.

Effects of maternal smoking during pregnancy on indices of fetal neurobehavior.

Unadjusted Adjusted
Fetal Outcome Source X2 Sig. X2 Sig.
Breathing Movements Maternal Smoking 1.80 0.180 0.97 0.325
Stimulus 0.30 0.584 0.07 0.787
Maternal Smoking*Stimulus 0.01 0.940 0.00 0.997
Mouthing Movements Maternal Smoking 3.43 0.064 0.62 0.430
Stimulus 0.55 0.460 0.04 0.847
Maternal Smoking*Stimulus 1.30 0.254 0.14 0.711
Isolated Movements Maternal Smoking 3.82 0.051 0.61 0.433
Stimulus 9.79 0.002 8.87 0.003
Maternal Smoking*Stimulus 0.13 0.720 0.21 0.651
Complex Body Movements Maternal Smoking 2.02 0.155 1.89 0.169
Stimulus 0.13 0.714 0.29 0.590
Maternal Smoking*Stimulus 0.19 0.664 0.08 0.775
Fetal Quality of Movement Maternal Smoking 2.68 0.101 4.68 0.598
Stimulus 2.15 0.142 0.87 0.112
Maternal Smoking*Stimulus 0.03 0.869 0.17 0.652
Fetal Activity Maternal Smoking 9.63 0.002 3.80 0.051
Stimulus 3.94 0.047 4.03 0.045
Maternal Smoking*Stimulus 0.20 0.652 0.15 0.697
Fetal Cardiac-Somatic Coupling Maternal Smoking 1.01 0.316 0.09 0.762
Stimulus 0.02 0.885 0.06 0.803
Maternal Smoking*Stimulus 0.24 0.625 0.10 0.748

NOTE: Statistically significant effects and trends are highlighted in bold. Maternal depression severity was included as a covariate in all adjusted models; significant relationships emerged between maternal depression and fetal mouthing movements (X2=10.45, p<.001), isolated movements (X2=4.41, p<.03) and fetal quality of movement (X2=9.7, p<.002).