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. 2020 Apr 2;128(4):047002. doi: 10.1289/EHP5732

Table 1.

Maternal and infant demographics by gestational age.

Total N=174,186 <37wk (n=15,134) 37wk (n=159,052)
Gestational age, mean weeks (SD), missing=0 34.5 (2.8) 39.7 (1.4)
Birth weight, mean grams (SD), missing=6 2,598 (752) 3,348 (444)
Parity, mean children (SD), missing=0 2.3 (2.3) 2.1 (2.4)
Quintile of nSES Index,a mean (SD), missing=0 1.9 (1.3) 2.2 (1.4)
Infant sex [n (%)]
 Male 8,282 (54.7) 80,774 (50.8)
 Female 6,850 (45.3) 78,278 (49.2)
 Missing (n) 2 0
Maternal age [n (%)]
<20 1,322 (8.7) 11,658 (7.3)
 20–24 2,980 (19.7) 30,731 (19.3)
 25–29 3,440 (22.7) 38,339 (24.1)
 30–34 3,702 (24.5) 43,372 (27.3)
35+ 3,690 (24.4) 34,952 (22.0)
 Missing (n) 1 2
Maternal Race [n (%)]
 White 1,842 (12.2) 29,749 (18.7)
 Black 3,027 (20.0) 22,487 (14.1)
 Hispanic 8,997 (59.5) 89,592 (56.3)
 Asian 916 (6.1) 13,670 (8.6)
 Others 352 (2.3) 3,554 (2.2)
 Missing (n) 216 2,526
Maternal education [n (%)]
 High school graduate or less 8,909 (58.9) 81,542 (51.3)
 Some college to bachelor’s degree 4,928 (32.6) 57,883 (36.4)
 More than a bachelor’s degree 1,297 (8.6) 19,627 (12.3)
 Missing (n) 435 4,584
Maternal nativity [n (%)]
 U.S.-born 10,802 (71.4) 111,087 (70.0)
 Foreign-born 4,332 (28.6) 47,965 (30.2)
 LUR modeled NO2 exposure, mean ppb (SD), missing=0 23.8 (2.6) 23.6 (2.7)
High noise at residence [n (%)]
65dB CNEL 779 (5.2) 6,685 (4.2)
<65dB CNEL 14,355 (94.8) 152,367 (95.8)
Cigarette smoking [n (%)]
 Ever during pregnancy 157 (1.0) 923 (0.6)
 Never during pregnancy 14,977 (99.0) 158,129 (99.4)
 Missing 1,686 11,681

Note: Data are complete unless otherwise indicated. CNEL, community noise equivalent level; dB, decibels; LUR, land use regression.

a

nSES measured as a composite index of seven indicator variables based on U.S. census data at the census tract level.