Table 1

Characteristics of the study group

Pregnant

(n = 100)

N or Mean (sd)

Nonpregnant

(n = 99)

N or Mean (sd)

p


Age (mean, sd)

27.60 (5.90)

30.17 (7.22)

NSa

Parity

0

37

41

NSb

1

27

22

2

22

18

3

7

9

4

3

3

5

3

3

6

0

2

7

1

0

9

0

1

Race

Caucasian

39

60

0.0002c

African American

12

20

Hispanic

40

15

Native American

5

2

Asian

2

2

Other

2

0

Estimated

Gestational Age

27.49 (9.36)

N/A

N/A

Tobacco Use

14

38

<0.0001c

Number in Household

1

2

16

0.0106c

2

23

25

3

26

20

4

30

23

>5

19

15

Median Income

<20,000

23

17

0.5951c

20,000-39,999

20

19

40,000-59,999

7

13

>60,000

10

11

Unknown

39

40


a Student's t-test

b Fisher's exact chi square test

c Pearson's Chi-square test

Knudtson et al. Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2010 9:6   doi:10.1186/1477-5751-9-6

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