Characteristics of women participating in GUI (2008, 2009), SCOPE Ireland (2008–2011) and PRAMS Ireland (2012) by their pregnancy alcohol consumption
| GUI n=10 953 | SCOPE Ireland n=1766 | PRAMS n=718 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alcohol | Alcohol | Alcohol | |||||||
| Yes n=2198 | No n=8755 | p Value | Yes n=1444 | No n=322 | p Value | Yes n=324 | No n=394 | p Value | |
| Age (years) | |||||||||
| <20 | 19 (10) | 169 (90) | <0.001 | 30 (82) | 7 (18) | 0.3 | 2 (50) | 2 (50) | 0.01 |
| 20–24 | 130 (13) | 908 (87) | 137 (83) | 29 (17) | 4 (17) | 19 (83) | |||
| 25–29 | 337 (15) | 1938 (85) | 433 (80) | 110 (20) | 53 (38) | 85 (62) | |||
| 30–39 | 1528 (23) | 5046 (77) | 828 (83) | 164 (17) | 248 (49) | 255 (51) | |||
| >40 | 184 (27) | 500 (73) | 16 (73) | 6 (27) | 17 (44) | 22 (56) | |||
| Education | |||||||||
| Second | 727 (15) | 4004 (85) | <0.001 | 1286 (82) | 279 (18) | 0.7 | 47 (40) | 72 (60) | 0.1 |
| Tertiary | 1470 (24) | 4551 (76) | 158 (81) | 37 (19) | 277 (47) | 307 (53) | |||
| Ethnicity | |||||||||
| Caucasian | 2160 (22) | 7868 (78) | <0.001 | 1433 (83) | 286 (17) | <0.001 | 316 (47) | 253 (53) | <0.01 |
| Other | 36 (5) | 657 (95) | 11 (27) | 30 (73) | 3 (10) | 26 (90) | |||
| Marital status | |||||||||
| Married | 1644 (22) | 6021 (78) | <0.001 | 1277 (81) | 296 (19) | <0.01 | 306 (46) | 355 (54) | 0.4 |
| Single | 554 (18) | 2540 (82) | 167 (89) | 20 (11) | 18 (39) | 28 (61) | |||
| Parity | |||||||||
| 0 | 760 (18) | 3401 (82) | <0.001 | 1450 (82) | 318 (18) | – | 128 (46) | 151 (54) | 0.97 |
| 1+ | 1438 (22) | 5160 (78) | – | – | – | 194 (46) | 230 (54) | ||
| Smoking | |||||||||
| Yes | 445 (24) | 1386 (76) | <0.001 | 448 (92) | 38 (8) | <0.001 | 77 (55) | 63 (45) | 0.01 |
| No | 1753 (20) | 7174 (80) | 996 (78) | 279 (22) | 204 (43) | 272 (57) | |||
| BMI (kg/m2) | |||||||||
| <18.5 | 52 (18) | 232 (82) | <0.001 | 838 (81) | 194 (19) | 0.2 | 9 (36) | 16 (64) | 0.5 |
| 18.5–24.99 | 1143 (22) | 4132 (78) | 17 (82) | 4 (18) | 220 (48) | 237 (52) | |||
| 25.0–29.9 | 626 (21) | 2402 (79) | 419 (85) | 74 (15) | 69 (46) | 81 (54) | |||
| >30 | 275 (17) | 1376 (83) | 170 (79) | 44 (21) | 21 (41) | 31 (59) | |||
| Preterm birth | |||||||||
| Yes | 113 (16) | 585 (84) | <0.01 | 67 (79) | 18 (21) | 0.4 | 15 (41) | 22 (60) | 0.5 |
| No | 2081 (21) | 7947 (79) | 1377 (82) | 298 (18) | 309 (46) | 360 (54) | |||
| Birth weight | |||||||||
| <2500 g | 86 (15) | 500 (85) | <0.001 | 1384 (82) | 302 (18) | 0.8 | 14 (38) | 310 (62) | 0.3 |
| >/=2500 g | 2095 (21) | 7963 (79) | 60 (81) | 14 (19) | 23 (46) | 360 (54) | |||
All differences tested with χ2 test for categorical variables.
BMI, body mass index; GUI, Growing up in Ireland; PRAMS, Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System; SCOPE, Screening for Pregnancy Endpoints.