Table 2 Alcohol consumption characteristics by trajectory.

From: A data driven approach to identify trajectories of prenatal alcohol consumption in an Australian population-based cohort of pregnant women

 

Abstained/ control

Low discontinued

Moderate discontinued

Low sustained

Moderate sustained

High sustained

N (%)

493

(33.8)

210

(14.4)

170

(11.7)

190

(13.0)

343

(23.5)

52

(3.6)

Trimester 1, pre pregnancy recognition

Mean gAA1/week (SD)

0

 

7.8

(12.1)

77.7

(105.9)

4.9

(9.4)

50.0

(52.9)

226.5

(174.8)

Median gAA/week (IQR)

0

 

3.1

(1.9–7.2)

34.4

(13.5–91.0)

0.9

(0.0–4.7)

33.8

(8.4–76.9)

183.8

(118.2–279.1)

Binge episode N (%)

0

 

0

 

113

(66.5)

0

 

143

(41.7)

34

(65.4)

Trimester 1, post pregnancy recognition

Mean gAA/week (SD)

0

 

0

 

0.0

(0.1)

0.8

(1.4)

2.6

(5.2)

18.0

(27.8)

Median g AA/week (IQR)

0

 

0

 

0.0

(0.0–0.0)

0.0

(0.0–0.9)

0.9

(0.0–2.8)

5.6

(0.0–22.5)

Binge episode N (%)

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

2

(0.6)

4

(7.7)

Trimester 2

Mean gAA/week (SD)

0

 

0

 

0

 

1.3

(1.8)

5.3

(8.7)

46.0

(61.0)

Median gAA/week (IQR)

0

 

0

 

0

 

0.7

(0.0–1.6)

1.9

(0.6–5.6)

33.8

(6.5–61.7)

Binge episode N (%)

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

4

(1.2)

7

(13.5)

Trimester 3

Mean gAA/week (SD)

0

 

0

 

0

 

1.7

(4.5)

4.8

(9.1)

27.9

(38.9)

Median gAA/week (IQR)

0

 

0

 

0

 

0.6

(0.0–1.3)

1.6

(0.6–5.3)

16.9

(3.4–35.5)

Binge episode N (%)

0

 

0

 

0

 

0

 

1

(0.3)

1

(1.9)

  1. 1 gAA: grams of absolute alcohol.