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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Res. 2022 Apr 19;93(1):242–252. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02060-5

Table 2:

Association of prenatal smoking with ANS measures at baseline in combined site analyses (Infants whose mothers did not smoke during pregnancy formed the reference group. Results with p-values <0.01, <0.05, <0.10 are bolded)

Non-smoker Mean (95%CI) Quit early Mean difference (95%CI)
P value
Low continuous Mean difference (95%CI)
P value
Moderate to high continuous Mean difference (95%CI)
P value
HR (bpm) 126.13 (125.41, 126.84) 1.07 (−0.72, 2.87)
(0.24)
0.096 (−0.88, 1.07)
(0.84)
−0.019 (−1.21, 1.16)
(0.97)
log10SD-RRi (s) −1.61 (−1.62, −1.59) −0.005 (−0.04, 0.02)
(0.72)
0.002 (−0.014, 0.02)
(0.20)
0.02 (−0.001, 0.04)
(0.06)
log10RMSSD (s) −1.95 (−1.96, −1.94) −0.027 (−0.060, 0.0005)
(0.10)
−0.0002 (0.02, 0.01)
(0.98)
0.015 (−0.007, 0.04)
(0.17)
Breaths/min 56.05 (55.29, 56.82) −1.09 (−3.03, 0.84)
(0.26)
0.79 (−0.25, 1.85)
(0.13)
2.22 (0.95, 3.49)
(0.0006)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 83.12 (81.96, 84.28) 0.88 (−2.15, 3.91)
(0.56)
0.44 (−1.11, 1.98)
(0.57)
1.24 (−0.65, 3.14)
(0.19)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 50.82 (49.86, 51.77) 1.44 (−1.03, 3.92)
(0.25)
0.87 (−0.39, 2.14)
(0.17)
1.53 (−0.02, 3.09)
(0.053)
Low frequency power of HRV −5.88 (−5.90, −5.86) 0.0003 (−0.059, 0.059)
(0.992)
0.002 (−0.029, 0.034)
(0.881)
0.03 (−0.003, 0.07)
(0.075)
High frequency power of HRV −6.83 (−6.85, −6.80) −0.077 (−0.14, −0.011)
(0.02)
0.009 (−0.026, 0.045)
(0.59)
0.04 (−0.0013, 0.085)
(0.057)
Ratio of low and high frequency power of HRV 0.94 (0.92, 0.97) 0.05 (−0.007, 0.11)
(0.08)
0.006 (−0.025, 0.038)
(0.709)
0.013 (−0.025, 0.051)
(0.504)
Quiet sleep
HR (bpm) 120.53 (119.39, 121.67) −0.49 (−3.15, 2.17)
(0.71)
0.58 (−1.04, 2.19)
(0.48)
1.03 (−1.04, 3.11)
(0.32)
log10SD-RRi (s) −1.74 (−1.76, −1.72) 0.05 (−0.002, 0.10)
(0.06)
−0.01 (−0.05, 0.02)
(0.43)
0.02 (−0.02, 0.06)
(037)
log10RMSSD (s) −1.93 (−1.95, −1.90) 0.009 (−0.04, 0.07)
(0.73)
−0.017 (−0.05, 0.016)
(0.31)
0.007 (−0.036, 0.051)
(0.74)
Breaths/min 45.68 (44.65, 46.72) −1.78 (−4.19, 0.63)
(0.14)
0.16 (−1.31, 1.63)
(0.82)
1.70 (−0.18, 3.58)
(0.07)
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) 82.75 (81.13, 84.38) −0.29 (−4.01, 3.41)
(0.87)
0.72 (−1.52, 2.97)
(0.52)
0.06 (−2.75, 2.87)
(0.96)
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) 50.17 (48.97, 51.37) −0.70 (−3.45, 2.03)
(0.61)
−0.21 (−1.87, 1.45)
(0.80)
−1.32 (−3.40, 0.74)
(0.21)
Low frequency power of HRV −6.27 (−6.32, −6.21) 0.12 (0.00074, 0.24)
(0.04)
−0.029 (−0.103, 0.043)
(0.424)
0.056 (−0.036, 0.15)
(0.234)
High frequency power of HRV −6.84 (−6.89, −6.80) −0.04 (−0.149, 0.067)
(0.45)
−0.037 (−0.103, 0.028)
(0.26)
0.028 (−0.055, 0.113)
(0.506)
Ratio of low and high frequency power of HRV 0.58 (0.53, 0.63) 0.117 (−0.003, 0.238)
(0.056)
0.015 (−0.057, 0.087)
(0.68)
0.039 (−0.054, 0.134)
(0.40)