Maternal Fish Consumption and Infant Birth Size and Gestation: New York State Angler Cohort Study

Table 1 Infant and maternal characteristics of study sample by maternal fish consumption

	Maternal Fish Consumption (years)
Characteristic	0		1–2		3–7		8+
	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
	Infant Characteristics
Gestational age (wks)
<37	76	4	4	1	12	4	11	4
37–41	1582	88	288	89	259	87	254	89
42+	145	8	30	9	27	9	20	7
Infant race
White	1697	99	355	98	324	100	310	99
Nonwhite	20	1	6	2	1	-	3	1
	Maternal Characteristics
*Mean maternal age at birth (years (SD))**	1717	28.1(4.0)	361	28.1(4.1)	325	28.8(3.9)	313	28.7(3.9)
Marital status
Married	1578	94	331	93	311	97	289	93
Unmarried	104	6	24	7	10	3	22	7
Health insurance
Yes	1635	97	302	97	267	99	251	96
No	35	3	7	3	3	1	9	4
Household income
<$15,000	51	3	17	5	11	4	16	5
$15,000–$24,000	219	14	61	18	45	14	41	14
$25,000–$39,999	606	38	122	36	113	36	112	38
≥ $40,000	739	46	141	41	145	46	125	43
Gravidity
1	399	23	89	25	74	23	53	17
2	621	36	128	36	111	34	105	34
3+	697	41	144	40	140	43	155	50
Parity*
0	575	34	126	35	103	32	75	24
1	755	44	142	39	147	45	137	44
2+	386	23	93	26	75	23	101	32
Mean number of daily cigarettes during pregnancy (SD)*	1605	2.6(6.5)	337	2.8(6.5)	306	2.3(5.5)	291	3.7(7.1)
Mean number ofmonthly alcoholic drinks during pregnancy (SD)	1633	0.2(2.4)	349	0.2(1.0)	310	0.3(2.1)	296	0.4(4.9)

NOTE: Duration of maternal fish consumption refers to the number of years eating fish from Lake Ontario and its tributaries between 1955 and infant's year of birth. * p < 0.05

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