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CHARACTERISTIC PATIENTS Mean (SD) age, y 29.4 (5.5) Age range, y 18–41 Mean (SD) no. of pregnancies 3.7 (2.2) Range of no. of pregnancies 1–11 Race, n (%) • White 95 (78.5) • Asian 9 (7.4) • Other (eg, aboriginal) 17 (14.0) Marital status, n (%) • Single 60 (49.6) • Married or common law 49 (40.5) • Divorced or separated 12 (9.9) Education level, n (%) • Grade school 14 (11.6) • High school 65 (53.7) • Postsecondary education 37 (30.6) • Unknown 5 (4.1) - Table 2
Change in maternal drug use from baseline to delivery for 34 women presenting in the first trimester
DRUG NO. OF WOMEN USING IN TRIMESTER 1 NO. OF WOMEN USING IN TRIMESTER 3 Heroin 1 1 Prescription opioids 8 3* Cocaine 10 4* Marijuana 12 5* Benzodiazepines 7 2* Alcohol 16 3* Nicotine 30 25 -
↵* Significant decrease; P < .05.
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Change in maternal drug use from baseline to delivery for 59 women presenting in the second trimester
DRUG NO. OF WOMEN USING IN TRIMESTER 2 NO. OF WOMEN USING IN TRIMESTER 3 Heroin 9 5 Prescription opioids 11 12 Cocaine 30 22* Marijuana 25 19 Benzodiazepines 13 10 Alcohol 13 6* Nicotine 48 46 -
↵* Significant decrease; P < .05.
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Change in maternal drug use from baseline to delivery for 28 women presenting in the third trimester
DRUG NO. OF WOMEN USING IN TRIMESTER 3 NO. OF WOMEN USING AT DELIVERY Heroin or prescription opioids 12 5 Cocaine 11 3 Marijuana 10 2 Benzodiazepines 5 3 Alcohol 7 NA Nicotine 19 NA -
NA—data not available.
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