Research Article

Meconium Indicators of Maternal Alcohol Abuse during Pregnancy and Association with Patient Characteristics

Table 1

Association of meconium results, report of alcohol consumption count and percentage, and values of Wilcoxon rank-sum tests are shown (test based on raw values, classifications just for illustration).

Meconium resultsng/gTotalNo alcohol abuse reportedAlcohol abuse reported value

Stearate041180.8%19.2%0.08
013972.7%27.3%

Linoleate046079.1%20.9%0.66
09076.7%23.3%

Oleate0416 78.8%21.2%0.75
013478.4%21.6%

Palmitate012180.2%19.8%0.55
042378.5%21.5%

Myristate036779.3%20.7%0.76
018377.6%22.4%

EtG045181.4%18.6%<0.01
09266.3%33.7%