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Table 1 Parental Socio-demographics and exposure to drugs of abuse during pregnancy

From: Cocaine use during pregnancy assessed by hair analysis in a Canary Islands cohort

 

Mother's hair positive for cocaine and/or BEG (N = 9)

Mother's hair negative for any drug of abuse (N = 365)

Parental Nationality

Mother's nationality

  

Spanish

9 (100.0%)

298 (81.7%)

Non-Spanish

0 0%)

67 (18.2%)

Father's nationality

  

Spanish

9 (100.0%)

298 (81.7%)

Non-Spanish

0 (0%)

67 (18.2%)

Maternal age (years), mean (S.D.)

28.6 (6.0)

30.3 (5.3)

Mother's Educational Level

Unfinished elementary school

4 (44.4%)

85 (23.2%)

Employed mother (yes/no)

No

2 (22.2%)

110 (30.1%)

Mother's socioeconomic status

Managerial, professional & skilled (non-manual)

3 (33.3%)

101 (28.0%)

Skilled (manual) and partly skilled

5 (55.6%)

224 (61.3%)

Unskilled

1 (11.1%)

40 (10.9%)

Single Mother

Yes

0 (0%)

12 (3.3%)

Father's Educational Level

Unfinished elementary school

4 (44.4%)

120 (33.2%)

Employed father (yes/no)

No

0 (0%)

25 (7.0%)

Father's socioeconomic status

Managerial, professional & skilled (non-manual)

1 (11.1%)

101 (28.0%)

Skilled (manual) and partly skilled

7 (77.8%)

244 (66.9%)

Unskilled

1(11.1%)

20 (5.1%)

Habitat

Rural (< 10.000 inhab.)

1 (11.1%)

56 (15.3%)

Semi-rural (10 - 100.000 inhab.)

5 (55.6%)

127 (34.7%)

Urban (> 100.000 inhab.)

3 (33.3%)

182 (50.0%)

Maternal drug use at the visit

Past substance misuse, yes

5 (55.6%)**

47 (12.8%)

Cocaine use, yes

4 (44.4%)**

15 (4.2%)

Tobacco smoking

Mother

7 (77.8%)*

60 (16.3%)

Number of daily cigarettes, mean (S.D.)

6.5 (2.1)

7.2 (6.0)

Did you smoke before pregnancy?, yes

8 (88.8%)*

100 (27.3%)

Father

7 (77.8%)*

138 (37.9%)

Have been exposed to tobacco smoke during pregnancy?

4 (44.4%)

101 (28.0%)

Other smokers in the presence of the pregnant woman?

2 (22.2%)*

23 (6.3%)

Use of Antidepressants, yes

(11.1%)*

8 (2.2%)

Alcohol use, yes

1 (0%)

15 (4.2%)

  1. ** P < 0.005 respect control group
  2. * P < 0.05 respect control group