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Table 1 Characteristics of women according to alcohol intake peri-conceptionally

From: Prevalence, predictors and perinatal outcomes of peri-conceptional alcohol exposure - retrospective cohort study in an urban obstetric population in Ireland

Alcohol intake

Never

n = 11613 (%)

0 - 5 units

n = 43455 (%)

6 - 20 units

n = 6059 (%)

>20 units

n = 114 (%)

Maternal age

    

<20 years

649 (5.6)

2082 (4.8)

290 (4.8)

18 (15.8)

20-24 years

2031 (17.5)

5745 (13.2)

962 (15.9)

33 (28.9)

25-29 years

3463 (29.8)

9924 (22.8)

1275 (21.0)

28 (24.6)

30-34 years

3374 (29.1)

15059 (34.7)

2077 (34.3)

20 (17.5)

35-39 years

1746 (15.0)

9015 (20.7)

1224 (20.2)

11 (9.6)

>40 years

350 (3.0)

1630 (3.8)

231 (3.8)

4 (3.5)

Single Marital status

3151 (27.1)

14615 (33.6)

2567 (42.4)

91 (79.8)

Socioeconomic group

    

Professional/Manager/Employer

1596 (13.7)

10893 (25.1)

1838 (30.3)

9 (7.9)

Home duties

3763 (32.4)

8193 (18.9)

763 (12.6)

9 (7.9)

Non-manual

2207 (19.0)

14935 (34.4)

2194 (36.2)

36 (31.6)

Manual

414 (3.6)

1948 (4.5)

248 (4.1)

11 (9.6)

Unemployed

2856 (24.6)

5403 (12.4)

695 (11.5)

37 (32.4)

Non-classifiable

770 (6.6)

2069 (4.8)

321 (5.3)

12 (10.5)

Irish Nationality

4953 (42.7)

37326 (85.9)

5519 (91.1)

103 (90.4)

Nationality - Region

    

Western Europe

5411 (46.6)

39932 (91.9)

5862 (96.7)

109 (95.6)

Asia/Middle East

1852 (15.9)

377 (0.9)

10 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

Eastern Europe

1250 (10.8)

1151 (2.6)

13 (0.2)

0 (0.0)

Africa

2795 (24.1)

844 (1.9)

12 (0.2)

2 (1.8)

South America

58 (0.5)

77 (0.2)

2 (0.03)

0 (0.0)

North America

42 (0.4)

279 (0.6)

41 (0.7)

1 (0.9)

Australia & New Zealand

8 (0.1)

132 (0.3)

15 (0.2)

1 (0.9)

Private Health Care

1154 (9.9)

12087 (27.8)

2382 (39.3)

4 (3.5)

Nulliparous

3725 (32.0)

17719 (40.8)

3692 (60.9)

78 (68.4)

Unplanned pregnancy

4152 (35.8)

14750 (33.9)

2368 (39.1)

85 (74.6)

Gestation at booking

    

<12 weeks

1455 (12.5)

8002 (18.4)

1250 (20.6)

15 (13.2)

12-20 weeks

5912 (50.9)

26260 (60.4)

3588 (59.2)

62 (54.4)

>20 weeks

2651 (22.8)

4349 (10.8)

460 (7.6)

12 (10.5)

Smoked during pregnancy

2102 (18.1)

9917 (22.8)

1776 (29.3)

80 (70.2)

Illicit drug use (ever)

171 (1.5)

311 (0.7)

53 (0.9)

10 (8.8)

Social worker referral

2471 (21.3)

5025 (11.6)

753 (12.4)

45 (39.5)