Table 4.
Responses about additional degree of use and exposure of nulliparous women reporting use of alcohol, tobacco, and drugs during pregnancy
| Characteristic | In the 3 months before pregnancy began |
In the month before visit 1 (first trimester exposure) |
In the month before visit 2 (second trimester exposure) |
In the month before visit 3 (late second/early third trimester exposure) |
In the month before the delivery visit (exposure around the time of delivery) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | |||||
| How many days per week did you drink? - days/week | 6459 | 378 | 528 | 641 | 431 |
| 1.7 ±1.4/ 1 (0- 7) | 0.8 ±0.8/ 1 (0- 5) | 0.6 ±0.6/ 1 (0- 3) | 0.7 ±0.6/ 1 (0- 3) | 0.8 ±0.7/ 1 (0- 5) | |
| How many drinks did you drink per drinking day? - drinks | 6460 | 378 | 528 | 637 | 430 |
| 2.4 ±1.7/ 2 (0- 50) | 1.5 ±2.8/ 1 (0- 50) | 1.0 ±0.3/ 1 (0- 3) | 1.0 ±0.4/ 1 (0- 6) | 1.0 ±0.3/ 1 (0- 3) | |
| How many times did you drink four or more drinks during a single occasion? - times | 6429 | 378 | 528 | 638 | 428 |
| 2.8 ±6.8/ 1 (0- 99) | 0.3 ±2.1/ 0 (0- 30) | 0.04 ±0.3/ 0 (0- 4) | 0.1 ±0.3/ 0 (0- 4) | 0.04 ±0.2/ 0 (0- 3) | |
| Tobacco | |||||
| How many cigarettes did you smoke per day? - # per day | 1771 | 589 | 497 | 429 | 274 |
| 7.8 ±8.7/ 5 (0- 200) | 4.6 ±4.4/ 3 (0- 40) | 5.1 ±4.4/ 4 (0- 25) | 5.4 ±4.9/ 4 (0- 50) | 6.0 ±6.4/ 5 (0- 70) | |
| On average how many hours per week were you exposed to cigarette smoke because of smoking by others? - hours/week | 5548 | 5543 | 5749 | 6207 | 5308 |
| 5.5 ±18.6/ 0 (0- 168) | 3.8 ±15.8/ 0 (0- 168) | 2.6 ±12.1/ 0 (0- 168) | 2.5 ±12.0/ 0 (0- 168) | 1.5 ±9.2/ 0 (0- 168) | |
| How many people (excluding yourself) smoked cigarettes inside the home where you lived? - people | 5556 | 5553 | 5760 | 6210 | 6310 |
| 0.3 ±0.7/ 0 (0- 10) | 0.2 ±0.6/ 0 (0- 7) | 0.2 ±0.6/ 0 (0- 10) | 0.2 ±0.6/ 0 (0- 8) | 0.1 ±0.5/ 0 (0- 6) |
All data are presented as N on the first line and mean ±SD/ median (min- max) on the lower line