Table 3 Maternal report of use of medications containing acetaminophen during pregnancy in the IKIDS cohort.

From: Examining the relationship of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with early language development in children

 

Participants with an infant enrolled in study & exposure data available

Participants who completed the CDI when their child was 26.5-28.5 months

(n = 532)

(n = 298)

1st Trimester

2nd Trimester

3rd Trimester

Entire Pregnancy

1st Trimester

2nd Trimester

3rd Trimester

Entire Pregnancy

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

None

220 (41.4)

249 (46.8)

338 (63.5)

155 (29.1)

129 (43.3)

148 (49.7)

197 (66.1)

90 (30.2)

Any

312 (58.6)

283 (53.2)

194 (36.5)

377 (70.9)

169 (56.7)

150 (50.3)

101 (33.9)

208 (69.8)

 Mean (SD) number of times taken

17.9 (39.7)

22.0 (44.1)

15.1 (25.6)

39.1 (75.1)

14.5 (26.8)

20.1 (44.9)

13.2 (21.6)

32.7 (66.0)

 Median (IQR) number of times taken

5.0 (14.0)

7.5 (15.0)

5.0 (12.0)

14.0 (31.8)

6.0 (13.5)

7.0 (13.8)

4.8 (11.3)

12.4 (29.6)

 Range number of times taken

0.5–314.0

0.5–350.0

0.5–153.0

1.0–641.0

1.0–248.5

0.5–339.0

0.5–119.5

1.0–550.5

Formulation

 Paracetamol alone

258 (82.7)

229 (80.9)

158 (81.4)

287 (76.1)

140 (82.8)

121 (80.7)

83 (82.2)

158 (76.0)

 Paracetamol in combination

25 (8.0)

19 (6.7)

17 (8.8)

26 (6.9)

16 (9.5)

15 (10.0)

10 (9.9)

19 (9.1)

 with other active ingredients

 Multiple formulations

29 (9.3)

35 (12.4)

19 (9.8)

64 (17.0)

13 (7.7)

14 (9.3)

8 (7.9)

31 (14.9)

Indication

 Pain

214 (68.6)

202 (71.4)

134 (69.1)

235 (62.3)

110 (65.1)

102 (68.0)

68 (67.3)

118 (56.7)

 Other

39 (12.5)

31 (11.0)

26 (13.4)

54 (14.3)

23 (13.6)

20 (13.3)

14 (13.9)

36 (17.3)

 Multiple reasons given

27 (8.7)

28 (9.9)

19 (9.8)

61 (16.2)

16 (9.5)

12 (8.0)

10 (9.9)

36 (17.3)

 Missing

32 (10.3)

22 (7.8)

15 (7.7)

27 (7.2)

20 (11.8)

16 (10.7)

9 (8.9)

18 (8.7)

 

Participants who completed the SLAS when their child was 36–38 months

(n = 254)

1st Trimester

2nd Trimester

3rd Trimester

Entire Pregnancy

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

None

111 (43.7)

123 (48.4)

169 (66.5)

80 (31.5)

Any

143 (56.3)

131 (51.6)

85 (33.5)

174 (68.5)

 Mean (SD) number of times taken

13.2 (27.1)

21.9 (47.6)

14.7 (24.2)

34.5 (70.2)

 Median (IQR) number of times taken

4.5 (11.0)

8.0 (14.5)

5.0 (12.0)

13.0 (29.0)

 Range number of times taken

1.0–248.5

0.5–339.0

0.5–119.5

1.0–550.5

Formulation

 Acetaminophen alone

118 (82.5)

105 (80.2)

69 (81.2)

133 (76.4)

 Acetaminophen in combination

15 (10.5)

13 (9.9)

9 (10.6)

16 (9.2)

 with other active ingredients

 Multiple formulations

10 (7.0)

13 (9.9)

7 (8.2)

25 (14.4)

Indication

 Pain

92 (64.3)

86 (65.6)

56 (65.9)

96 (55.2)

 Other

22 (15.4)

18 (13.7)

12 (14.1)

31 (17.8)

 Multiple reasons given

10 (7.0)

12 (9.2)

7 (8.2)

29 (16.7)

 Missing

19 (13.3)

15 (11.5)

10 (11.8)

18 (10.3)

  1. SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range.