Table 1.
Total | () | () |
---|---|---|
Gestational age, mean weeks (SD), | 34.5 (2.8) | 39.7 (1.4) |
Birth weight, mean grams (SD), | 2,598 (752) | 3,348 (444) |
Parity, mean children (SD), | 2.3 (2.3) | 2.1 (2.4) |
Quintile of nSES Index,a mean (SD), | 1.9 (1.3) | 2.2 (1.4) |
Infant sex [ (%)] | ||
Male | 8,282 (54.7) | 80,774 (50.8) |
Female | 6,850 (45.3) | 78,278 (49.2) |
Missing () | 2 | 0 |
Maternal age [ (%)] | ||
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) |
3,690 (24.4) | 34,952 (22.0) | |
Missing () | 1 | 2 |
Maternal Race [ (%)] | ||
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 () | 216 | 2,526 |
Maternal education [ (%)] | ||
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 () | 435 | 4,584 |
Maternal nativity [ (%)] | ||
U.S.-born | 10,802 (71.4) | 111,087 (70.0) |
Foreign-born | 4,332 (28.6) | 47,965 (30.2) |
LUR modeled exposure, mean ppb (SD), | 23.8 (2.6) | 23.6 (2.7) |
High noise at residence [ (%)] | ||
CNEL | 779 (5.2) | 6,685 (4.2) |
CNEL | 14,355 (94.8) | 152,367 (95.8) |
Cigarette smoking [ (%)] | ||
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.
nSES measured as a composite index of seven indicator variables based on U.S. census data at the census tract level.