Table 1.

Behavior Assessment System for Children-2 (BASC-2) Scores According to Covariates among Children from the Health Outcomes and Measures of the Environment Study (N=314)

	N	Internalizing Problems^a	P-value	Externalizing Problems^a	P-value	Behavioral Symptoms Index^a	P-value
	N		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD		Mean ± SD
Overall	314	48 ±9		49 ±9		49 ±9
Child Sex			0.37		0.01		0.01
Female	171	48 ±9		47 ±9		48 ±9
Male	143	47 ±8		50 ±9		50 ±9
Child Race			0.60		0.84		0.37
Non-Hispanic White	197	48 ±8		49 ±8		49 ±8
Non-Hispanic Black	97	47 ± 10		49 ± 11		50 ± 10
Other	20	47 ±9		48 ±9		47 ±9
Maternal Education			0.51		0.54		0.26
High School or Less	68	48 ±9		49 ± 10		50 ±9
Tech School/Some College	77	47 ±9		50 ± 11		50 ± 10
Bachelor’s or More	169	48 ±8		48 ±7		48 ±8
Marital Status			0.54		0.51		0.14
Not Married	103	47 ± 10		49 ± 10		50 ±9
Married	211	48 ±8		49 ±8		49 ±8
Maternal Age			0.07		0.67		0.72
18-25 Years	70	47 ± 10		48 ± 11		50 ± 10
25-35 Years	195	47 ±9		49 ±8		49 ±8
>35 Years	49	50 ±8		50 ±8		50 ±9
Pre-Pregnancy BMI			0.36		0.18		0.26
<25	166	47 ±9		48 ±9		49 ±8
≥25-30	85	49 ±8		48 ±7		49 ±8
≥30	63	47 ± 10		51 ± 11		51 ± 10
Gestational Smoking			0.48		0.52		0.56
Unexposed	109	48 ±8		49 ±8		49 ±8
Second Hand Smoke	172	47 ±9		49 ± 10		49 ±9
Active Smoking	33	48 ± 10		50 ± 10		50 ±8
Maternal Baseline BDI			0.02		0.01		0.01
0-14	257	47 ±8		48 ±8		48 ±8
>14-<19	29	50 ± 10		51 ± 11		53 ±9
≥19	25	51 ±9		55 ± 10		55 ±9
Gestational Alcohol Drinking			0.27		0.23		0.28
Never or <1/Month	269	47 ±9		49 ±9		49 ±9
>1/Month	19	48 ±8		51 ±7		51 ±7
Binge	26	50 ±8		50 ± 10		50 ±9

Note: SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index; BDI, Beck Depression Inventory.

When BASC-2 scores were available at more than one age, the oldest age was used.

P values were calculated using the Kruskal-Wallis test to compare the mean BASC-2 scores across the strata of covariates.