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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Sep 12.
Published in final edited form as: Infancy. 2006 Nov;10(3):267–288.

TABLE 3.

Group Differences for Infant Characteristics

Nonexposurea
Prenatal Exposureb
Variables M SD M SD F ηp2
Infant characteristics
 Age at 2- to 4-week visit (weeks) 3.14 1.10 3.22 .77 .14 .02
 Gestational age (weeks) 39.45 1.29 38.67 1.52 5.27* .003
 Birth weight (g) 3458.63 523.66 3111.53 438.48 8.48** .22
 Birth length (cm) 49.77 4.70 48.21 6.16 1.35 .005
 Birth head circumference (cm) 33.80 1.43 33.79 1.81 .002 .02
 Apgar—1 min 8.59 1.21 8.41 1.37 .36 .01
 Apgar—5 min 8.95 .22 8.97 .18 .17 .02
 Weight at 1 month of age (g) 4588.44 712.94 4007.95 778.54 12.57** .24
 Length at 1 month of age (cm) 52.16 4.72 52.33 3.39 .03 .02
 Head circumference 1 month (cm) 36.82 2.02 36.41 1.66 1.12 .04
 Sex (% male) 48% 53%
a

n = 41.

b

n = 43.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .01.