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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Psychobiol. 2020 Mar 13;62(6):816–828. doi: 10.1002/dev.21966

Table3.

Study 1/Atlanta Cohort Demographic Characteristics

Total No SRI SRI
N= 185 N= 83 N= 102 Effects
M (SD) or f(%) M (SD) or f(%) M (SD) or f(%) F or X2 p
Maternal Sociodemographic Variables
  Mothers Age at childbirth 33.27 (4.95) 32.11 (5.48) 34.22 (4.27) 8.64 .004
  Number of children living at home 2.11 (0.95) 2.02 (0.87) 2.19 (1.10) 1.43 .230
  Married 149 (81%) 60 (72%) 89 (87%) 6.54 .011
  Mother identifies as non-minority 150 (81%) 61 (74%) 89 (87%) 5.65 .017
  Maternal education (6= >high school) 6.45 (1.49) 6.46 (1.61) 6.44 (1.40) 0.01 .940
Maternal Mental Health Variables
  Depression severity (BDI,pregnancy) 11.16 (8.24) 10.88 (6.86) 11.27 (8.76) 0.06 .803
  Depression severity (BDI,preschool) 6.75 (8.16) 4.92 (5.04) 8.25 (9.78) 7.90 .005
  Depression severity (BDI,school age) 10.57 (11.33) 7.90 (7.60) 12.75 (13.29) 7.45 .007
  Anxiety Disorder in Pregnancy 55 (40%) 17 (21%) 38 (37% 6.16 .013
  Anxiety Severity (SCID rating 0-3, preschool visit, n=183) 0.16 (0.52) 0.07 (0.31) 0.24 (0.64) 4.93 .028
Maternal Medication and Substance use in pregnancy
  SRI weeks used in pregnancy 19.24 (1.90) 0 34.90 10.16 978.73 <.001
  Other Psychotropic Medication Use 79 (42.7%) 19 (22.9%) 60 (58.8%) 18.80 <.0001
  Alcohol (Yes, No) 42 (30%)* 17 (43%) 25 (26%) 4.10 0.050
  Smoking (Yes, No) 12 (8.6%)* 7 (17.5%) 5 (5.1%) 5.01 0.030
Child Birth Variables
  Gest Age at Birth, weeks 38.88 (1.52) 39.09 (1.70) 38.72 (1.32) 2.69 .102
  Birthweight in grams 3339 (561.5) 3334.2 (604.7) 3342.7 (529.6) 0.10 .921
  1 min apgar 7.64 (1.35) 7.99 (1.27) 7.38 (1.36) 9.05 .003
  5 min apgar 8.89 (0.45) 8.89 (0.48) 8.88 (0.43) 0.26 .873
Child Characteristics at Follow Up
  Mean Child Age at PS Assessment (years) 3.68 (0.86) 3.57 (0.84) 3.77 (0.87) 2.51 .115
  Mean Child Age at SA Assessment (years) 7.09 (1.15) 6.87 (1.06) 7.28 (1.20) 5.06 .026
  Sex of the child: male 96 (52%) 45 (54%) 51 (50%) 0.33 .568
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Total n at school age assessment=158, n per group=46, 36, 25, 51

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Total n for alcohol and tobacco use in pregnancy=139; 40 Non-SRI, .99 SRI.