Table 1.
Opioid-exposed (n = 23) | Controls (n = 29) | p -value | |
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Male, n (%) | 8 (35) | 15(52) | 0.22 |
Gestational age at birth (weeks), mean (SD) | 37.87 (2.64) | 39.23 (0.76) | 0.02 |
Birth weight (Kg), mean (SD) | 2.73 (0.52) | 3.32 (0.37) | 0.52 |
APGAR score 1 min, mean (SD) | 8.39 (0.94) | 7.93 (1.67) | <0.001 |
APGAR score 5 min, mean (SD) | 8.83 (0.49) | 8.76 (0.74) | 0.03 |
Head circumference at birth (cm), mean (SD) | 33.01 (2.33) | 34.35 (1.65) | 0.22 |
Postmenstrual age at scan (weeks), mean (SD) | 44.13 (3.15) | 44.64 (2.18) | 0.70 |
Infant race/ethnicity | |||
Non-hispanic white | 20 | 18 | 0.57 |
Non-hispanic black | 1 | 10 | 0.07 |
Hispanic white | 1 | 1 | 0.57 |
Non-hispanic mixed | 1 | 0 | n/a |
Maternal depression/stress/anxiety, n (%) | 12 (52) | 4 (14) | 0.03 |
Maternal smoking, n (%) | 15 (65.2) | 0 | n/a |
Any maternal alcohol use during pregnancy | 0 | 0 | n/a |
Maternal hepatitis C, n (%) | 5 (21.7) | 0 | n/a |
Maternal college degree, n (%) | 1 (4.3) | 15 (51.7) | 0.013 |
Maternal methadone, n (%) | 4 (17.4) | n/a | n/a |
Maternal buprenorphine, n (%) | 18 (78.3) | n/a | n/a |
Maternal illicit opioids (e.g., heroin and/or fentanyl), n (%) | 8 (34.8) | n/a | n/a |
Other maternal non-opioid illicit drug use, n (%) | 6 (26.1) | 0 | n/a |
Neonatal abstinence syndrome requiring opioid treatment, n (%) | 5 (21.7) | n/a | n/a |
Length of infant Hospital stay, mean days (SD) | 11.78 (11.77) | 2.03 (0.82) | <0.001 |
Unpaired two-sided t-test was used to compare continuous variables and Chi square test was used to compare categorical variables.