Table 3 Comparison of the prevalence of drug exposure in our study population with the one reported in the questionnaire-based PNSD and the results reported by other population
From: Cocaine use during pregnancy assessed by hair analysis in a Canary Islands cohort
Sherwood et al. [25] | Williamson et al. [23] | Mitsuhiro et al. [24] | PNSD [1] | Friguls et al [26] | Joya et al. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Year | 1999 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
Place | London (UK) | Barcelona (Spain) | Glasgow (UK) | Sao Pablo (Brazil) | Spain | Ibiza (Spain) | Tenerife (Spain) |
Matrix | Urine | Meconium | Meconium | Hair | Questionnaire | Maternal hair | Maternal hair |
Trimester | 1st | 2nd - 3rd | 2nd - 3rd | 3rd | No pregnant | 3rd | 3rd |
Population | general | Low-income | Low-income | Low-income | general | general | general |
N | 807 | 830 | 400 | 1000 | 23715 | 107 | 347 |
Cannabis (%) | 14.5 | 5.3 | 13.2 | 4.0 | 13.2 | 10.3 | 0 |
Cocaine (%) | 0.37 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 6.4 | 2.6 |
MDMA (%) | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0 | |||
Opiates (%) | 1.36 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Any drug (%) | 16.2 | 10.1 | 6.0 | 15.9 | 2.6 |