TABLE 4.
Marijuana use by maternal participant characteristics
| Maternal Characteristics | Marijuana-positivea (N = 117) | Marijuana-negativea (N = 244) |
|---|---|---|
| Race (%) | ||
| African American | 88 (75) | 140 (57) |
| Other | 29 (25) | 104 (43) |
| Education (%) | ||
| <High school | 31 (26) | 44 (18) |
| High school | 38 (32) | 80 (33) |
| Some college | 36 (31) | 70 (29) |
| College graduate | 1 (1) | 31 (13) |
| Missing | 11 (9) | 19 (8) |
| Marital status (%) | ||
| Currently married | 4 (6) | 65 (27) |
| Never married | 77 (66) | 103 (42) |
| Other | 24 (21) | 51 (21) |
| Missing | 12 (10) | 25 (10) |
| Smoked during index pregnancy (%) | ||
| No | 37 (32) | 165 (67) |
| Yes | 79 (68) | 78 (32) |
| Missing | 1 (1) | 1 (0.4) |
| Homeless within the past year (%) | ||
| No | 86 (74) | 193 (69) |
| Yes | 18 (15) | 27 (11) |
| Missing | 13 (11) | 24 (9) |
| Physical abuse within the past year (%) | ||
| No | 94 (80) | 206 (84) |
| Yes | 9 (8) | 17 (7) |
| Missing | 14 (12) | 21 (9) |
| Planned pregnancy (%) | ||
| No | 85 (73) | 160 (66) |
| Yes | 18 (15) | 59 (24) |
| Missing | 14 (12) | 25 (10) |
| Alcohol use during pregnancy (%) | ||
| No | 80 (68) | 196 (80) |
| Yes | 34 (29) | 45 (18) |
| Missing | 3 (3) | 3 (1) |
| Opiate exposure (%) | ||
| No | 111 (95) | 219 (90) |
| Yes | 6 (5) | 25 (10) |
| Cocaine exposure (%) | ||
| No | 100 (85) | 230 (95) |
| Yes | 17 (15) | 14 (6) |
| Parity (%) | ||
| 0 | 14 (12) | 30 (12) |
| ≥1 | 103 (86) | 103 (88) |
| Missing | 0 | 3 (1) |
| Marijuana-positive | Marijuana-negative | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | (SD) | N | Mean | (SD) | |
| Gestation at entry, days | 112 | 109 | (43) | 231 | 116 | (53) |
| Height, cm | 113 | 162.3 | (7.3) | 238 | 163.3 | (7.8) |
| Prepregnant weight, kg | 106 | 74.9 | (22.3) | 220 | 79.9 | (23.5) |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 106 | 28.5 | (8.8) | 219 | 29.9 | (8.2) |
| Age, y | 116 | 25.8 | (5.1) | 243 | 26.7 | (5.4) |
| Total score, CES-Db | 79 | 15.1 | (11.0) | 183 | 14.4 | (10.7) |
| Total score, PSSb | 77 | 16.5 | (7.5) | 184 | 14.8 | (7.7) |
| Total score, STAIb | 75 | 37.6 | (10.9) | 179 | 36.4 | (10.1) |
| Total score, EDSb | 78 | 15.8 | (9.0) | 182 | 15.1 | (8.7) |
| Total score, PSQIb | 67 | 7.6 | (3.9) | 171 | 7.7 | (4.1) |
a
Overall positivity 117/361 (32.4%); one woman requested that her data be purged.
b
Multiple evaluations per pregnancy, mean is over all evaluations.