Substance use during pregnancy: impact on Colorado community hospital

Table 3 Characteristics of newborns by the drug category

Type of drug	Birthweight, mean ± sd^a, grams	Gestational age, mean ± sd, days	Length of stay, mean ± sd, days^b
Opioids	2792 ± 15 (62)	265.5 ± 14.6 (53)	17.4 ± 25.5 (73)
Cocaine	2745 ± 18 (4)	265.0 ± 17.8 (3)	4.8 ± 6.4 (5)
Cannabis	2872 ± 12 (189)	269.1 ± 12.2 (182)	4.6 ± 9.5 (199)
Barbiturates	3255 ± 12 (2)	264.5 ± 12.0 (2)	1.5 ± 0.7 (2)
Benzodiazepines	2883 ± 10 (3)	257.0 ± 9.9 (2)	3.0 ± 1.0 (3)
Amphetamines	2909 ± 20 (18)	262.0 ± 20.0 (15)	5.6 ± 6.2 (21)
Methadone	3011 ± 10 (18)	273.1 ± 9.8 (21)	16.5 ± 17.3 (23)
Multiple drugs	2710 ± 17 (82)	264.3 ± 17.1 (71)	52.6 ± 62.8 (93)

The number of newborns for whom the data was obtained is shown in parentheses
^a sd Standard deviation
^b The average length of stay among the newborns exposed to cannabis was significantly shorter than that in the opioid (t = 8.22, df = 222, p < 0.001), amphetamine (t = 6.57, df = 95, p < 0.001), and methadone (t = 5.87, df = 47, p < 0.001) groups as shown by two-sample t-tests of log-transformed LOS values. No other comparisons of length of stay were significant

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