Table 1 Maternal and neonatal demographics of sample with discrimination and acculturation data.

From: The effects of experience of discrimination and acculturation during pregnancy on the developing offspring brain

Variables

Factor analysis and birth outcome sample (n = 165)

Sample with MRI data (n = 38)

Comparison between samples

N

Mean (SD) or %

N

Mean (SD) or %

T or \({\chi }^{2}\) statistic (p value)

Maternal

  Age at delivery, years

151

18.25 (1.35)

38

18.11 (1.47)

0.53 (0.60)

  Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI)

163

25.84 (6.96)

37

24.70 (6.47)

0.92 (0.36)

Years of education

163

 

37

  

   8th grade

5

3.07%

0

0.00%

0.26 (0.61)

   9th grade

17

10.43%

5

13.51%

0.26 (0.61)

   10th grade

20

12.27%

7

18.92%

0.06 (0.80)

   11th grade

45

27.61%

7

18.92%

0.84 (0.36)

   12th grade or higher

76

46.63%

18

48.65%

0.02 (0.88)

Family income

153

 

34

 

0.98 (0.32)

   $0–$15,000

68

44.44%

15

44.11%

0.12 (0.72)

   $16,000–$25,000

49

32.03%

13

38.23%

0.42 (0.51)

   $26,000–$50,000

27

17.64%

4

11.76

5.53 (0.02)

   $51,000–$100,000

6

3.92%

6

17.64%

0.47 (0.50)

   $101,000–$250,000

2

1.12%

0

0.00%

0.23 (0.63)

   >$250,000

1

0.61%

0

0.00%

 

Type of delivery

141

 

34

 

0.65 (0.42)

   Vaginal spontaneous

49

34.75%

15

44.12%

0.30 (0.58)

   Assisted vaginal

60

42.55%

12

35.29%

0.01 (0.92)

   Emergent C-section

32

22.70%

7

20.59%

 

Pregnancy complications

141

 

32

 

2.61 (0.11)

   None

102

72.34%

29

90.63%

3.59 (0.06)

   Complications

39

27.66%

3

9.38%

0.31 (0.76)

Neonatal

  Gestational age at birth, weeks

155

39.11 (2.11)

38

39.22 (1.28)

0.44 (0.66)

  Birth weight, gms

150

3158.09 (542.87)

37

3116.42 (442.56)

0.18 (0.86)

  Birth head circumference, cms

116

33.93 (1.22)

25

33.89 (1.47)

1.50 (0.14)

  Apgar 1 min

141

8.37 (1.36)

34

8.71 (0.68)

0.84 (0.40)

  Apgar 5 min

141

8.84 (0.72)

34

8.94 (0.24)

 

  Postmenstrual age at scan

38

42.31 (1.56)

0.98 (0.32)

Gender

157

 

38

  

   Female

65

41.40%

13

34.21%

0.68 (0.17)

   Male

92

58.60%

25

65.79%

0.39 (0.53)

  1. All mothers of Hispanic ethnicity were coded together.
  2. cms centimeters, gms grams.