Table 1

Maternal characteristics according to average weekly alcohol consumption and binge drinking episodes

 Maternal weekly alcohol consumption during pregnancy
0 drinks/week
n=464
0.5–1.5 drinks/week
n=1589
2.0–4.0 drinks/week
n=520
>4.0 drinks/week
n=237
Test for trend
p Value
Number (%) of missing values
Age, years (mean (SD))26.3 (5.2)27.7 (4.4)28.8 (4.3)29.3 (4.4)<0.0013 (0.1)
Cigarette smoking, n (%)   0.495 (0.2)
 Smoker174 (37.5)524 (33.0)176 (33.9)82 (34.8)
 Non-smoker242 (52.2)893 (56.4)281 (54.0)128 (54.2)
 Past smoker48 (10.3)168 (10.6)63 (12.1)26 (11.0)
Binge drinking (times)   <0.0014 (0.1)
 0441 (95.3)1375 (86.7)397 (76.3)135 (57.2)
 1–422 (4.7)202 (12.7)103 (19.8)76 (32.2)
 ≥50 (0.0)10 (0.6)20 (3.9)25 (10.6)
Pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI; kg/m2), n (%)   <0.001193 (6.9)
 <18.544 (10.4)113 (7.6)37 (7.7)20 (8.7)
 18.5–24.9303 (71.3)1198 (80.8)404 (83.8)193 (84.6)
 >24.978 (18.3)171 (11.6)41 (8.5)15 (6.6)
Chronic diseases, n (%)   0.8048 (1.7)
 Yes74 (16.3)265 (17.0)96 (18.8)36 (15.3)
 No381 (83.7)1295 (83.0)416 (81.2)199 (84.7)
Municipality of residence, n (%)   <0.0013 (0.1)
 Urban areas269 (58.1)1018 (64.1)359 (69.2)169 (71.3)
 Rural areas194 (41.9)570 (35.9)160 (30.8)68 (28.7)
Family's socioeconomic status, n (%)   <0.0010 (0.0)
 White-collar workers286 (61.6)1225 (77.1)443 (85,2)206 (86.9)
 Blue-collar workers135 (29.1)303 (19.1)59 (11.4)22 (9.3)
 Unemployed or students43 (9.3)61 (3.8)18 (3.5)9 (3.8)
Cohabitation status, n(%)   0.92154 (5.5)
 Parents living together423 (96.8)1466 (97.9)488 (99.0)219 (95.6)
 Parents not living together14 (3.2)31 (2.1)5 (1.0)10 (4.4)
 Number of maternal binge drinking episodes during pregnancy
0 times
n=2348
1–4 times
n=403
≥5 times
n=55
Test for trend
p Value
Number (%) of missing values
Age, years (mean (SD))27.8 (4.6)27.8 (4.4)28.8 (5.1)0.553 (0.1)
Cigarette smoking, n (%)   <0.0015 (0.2)
 Smoker745 (31.8)178 (44.2)32 (59.3) 
 Non-smoker1365 (58.2)158 (39.2)18 (33.3) 
 Past smoker234 (10.0)67 (16.6)4 (7.4) 
Maternal weekly alcohol consumption (drinks/week)   <0.0010 (0.0)
 0441 (18.8)22 (5.5)0 (0.0) 
 0.5–1.51375 (58.6)202 (50.1)10 (18.2) 
 2.0–4.0397 (16.9)103 (25.5)20 (36.4) 
 > 4.0135 (5.7)76 (18.9)25 (45.4) 
Pre-pregnancy BMI (kg/m2), n (%)   0.38193 (6.9)
 <18.5183 (8.4)27 (7.1)4 (7.4) 
 18.5–24.91740 (79.8)314 (82.9)42 (77.8) 
 >24.9258 (11.8)38 (10.0)8 (14.8) 
Chronic diseases, n (%)   0.5748 (1.7)
 Yes398 (17.2)65 (16.5)8 (14.8) 
 No1911 (82.8)330 (83.5)46 (85.2) 
Municipality of residence, n (%)   0.023 (0.1)
 Urban areas1498 (63.9)276 (68.5)41 (74.5) 
 Rural areas847 (36.1)127 (31.5)14 (25.5) 
Family's socioeconomic status, n (%)   0.070 (0.0)
 White-collar workers1821 (77.6)297 (73.7)40 (72.7) 
 Blue-collar workers423 (18.0)83 (20.6)12 (21.8) 
 Unemployed or students104 (4.4)23 (5.7)3 (5.5) 
Cohabitation status, n (%)   <0.001154 (5.5)
 Parents living together2181 (98.1)366 (96.8)45 (90.0) 
 Parents not living together43 (1.9)12 (3.2)5 (10.0)