Table 3 Pre-pregnancy binge drinking, drinking age and alcohol sensitivity 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

p

ES

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

n

(%)

 

493

 

210

 

170

 

190

 

343

 

52

   

Pre-pregnancy binge episode

67

(13.6)

44

(21.0)

147

(86.5)

0

(0.0)

287

(83.7)

44

(84.6)

 < 0.001

0.73

Age drinking regularly < 18y

133

(27.0)

64

(30.5)

65

(38.2)

45

(23.7)

165

(48.1)

17

(32.7)

0.004

0.12

Age first intoxication < 18y

163

(33.1)

79

(37.6)

93

(54.7)

57

(30.0)

229

(66.8)

30

(57.7)

 < 0.001

0.25

Perceived sensitivity to effects of alcohol

Normal

187

(37.9)

93

(44.3)

100

(58.8)

81

(42.6)

226

(65.9)

32

(61.5)

 < 0.001

0.19

Very/quickly

251

(50.9)

101

(48.1)

52

(30.6)

94

(49.5)

88

(25.7)

9

(17.3)

  

Very/slowly

45

(9.1)

14

(6.7)

17

(10.0)

11

(5.8)

29

(8.5)

11

(21.2)

  
  1. p = p-value, ES = effect size (Cramer’s V), boldface = statistically significant difference between group and control.