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. 2020 Feb 25;10(2):e033465. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033465

Table 2.

Baseline characteristics by smoking status for singleton births in the MATEX cohort (1991–2016)

All Non-smoker Quit smoking during first trimester Continued smoking after first trimester
1 376 778 84.5% (1 163 225) 3.5% (47 819) 12% (165 734)
Mother
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
 Age (years) 29.39 (5.34) 29.78 (5.16) 27.18 (5.43) 27.3 (5.83)
 Parity (nulliparous) 59.5 (818 294) 39.4 (458 010) 58.8 (28 097) 43.2 (71 629)
 Marital status (married or partnership) 62 (846 557) 66.8 (771 065) 35.9 (17 039) 35.7 (58 453)
 Socioeconomic status % (count) % (count) % (count) % (count)
 Upper white collar worker 14.9 (205 770) 16.8 (195 402) 6.4 (3081) 4.4 (7287)
 Lower white collar worker 36.4 (501 780) 37.4 (435 623) 30.9 (14 786) 31 (51 371)
 Blue collar worker 15.1 (207 962) 13.2 (153 567) 19.2 (9189) 27.3 (45 206)
 Other 16.8 (231 481) 16.3 (189 157) 17.2 (8229) 20.6 (34 095)
 Missing 16.7 (229 785) 16.3 (189 476) 26.2 (12 534) 16.8 (27 775)
Child
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
 Gestational age (days) 278.66 (12.05) 278.74 (11.85) 279.34 (12.11) 277.87 (13.29)
 Birth weight (g) 3549.45 (542.2) 3573.19 (536.38) 3540.62 (535.37) 3385.36 (556.1)
 Body length (cm) 50.21 (2.43) 50.32 (2.4) 50.12 (2.39) 49.5 (2.59)
 Head circumference (cm)* 34.94 (1.64) 34.99 (1.62) 34.91 (1.65) 34.55 (1.71)
 Preterm birth % (count) % (count) % (count) % (count)
 Preterm birth (<37 weeks) 4.3 (58 828) 4.1 (47 775) 4.3 (2040) 5.4 (9013)
 Low/High birth weight % (count) % (count) % (count) % (count)
 Low birth weight (<2500 g) 3.0 (40 006) 2.7 (30 443) 3.0 (1387) 5.0 (8176)
 High birth weight (>4500 g) 3.1 (41 054) 3.3 (37 165) 2.8 (1313) 1.6 (2576)
 Small for gestational age (<10th percentile) % (count) % (count) % (count) % (count)
 Weight 11.5 (158 817) 10.4 (120 800) 13.6 (6483) 19.1 (31 534)
 Body length 6.0 (81 869) 5.2 (60 003) 7.0 (3345) 11.2 (18 521)
 Head circumference (cm)* 10.9 (69 350) 10.1 (54 321) 13.3 (4675) 16.4 (10 354)
 Abnormal body proportions % (count) % (count) % (count) % (count)
 High ponderal index 11.0 (136 918) 11.1 (116 902) 11.8 (5111) 10.1 (14 905)
 Low brain-to-body ratio* 11.1 (63 520) 11.2 (54 554) 12.5 (3968) 9.2 (4998)
 High head-to-length ratio* 9.6 (60 358) 9.8 (49 830) 8.9 (3560) 8.3 (6960)

*Available since 1 January 2004.