Table 1. Demographic and Pregnancy Factors of Mothers of Children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) (Study 1) and Mothers of Children with Some Characteristics of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (Study 2).
| Demographic and Pregnancy Factors |
Study 1
|
Study 2
|
| Case*n = 43Mean (Range) |
Controln = 86Mean (Range) |
P Value |
Case*n = 35Mean (Range) |
Controln = 70Mean (Range) |
P Value |
|
| Number of criteria for FAS |
5.0 (5–5) |
0.48 (0–3) |
.001 |
3.2 (1–4) |
0.31 (0–3) |
.001 |
| Age (years) |
26.6 (17–39) |
24.2 (17–37) |
.02 |
28.0 (18–41) |
24.5 (17–37) |
.01 |
| Education (years) |
9.8 (8–12) |
11.0 (8–16) |
.003 |
10.2 (7–12) |
11.0 (6–15) |
.11 |
| Gravidity |
6.6 (1–15) |
5.0 (1–14) |
.007 |
6.0 (2–11) |
4.6 (1–12) |
.02 |
| Number of live-born children |
5.5 (1–12) |
4.3 (1–12) |
.01 |
5.5 (2–11) |
4.1 (1–10) |
.01 |
| Number of children before index child |
3.4 (0–10) |
1.9 (0–9) |
.001 |
3.1 (0–10) |
1.7 (0–8) |
.01 |
| Number of children after index child |
1.2 (0–6) |
1.3 (0–4) |
.65 |
1.4 (0–7) |
1.5 (0–4) |
.96 |
Number of prenatal visits |
3.7 (0–14) |
6.4 (0–17) |
.004 |
3.1 (0–9) |
7.0 (0–20) |
.001 |
| Month of first prenatal visit |
5.2 (1–9) |
4.5 (1–9) |
.17 |
5.0 (2–9) |
3.8 (1–8) |
.04 |
|
* None of the differences between study 1 and 2 case mothers are statistically significant.
Data are for the pregnancy with the index child.
