Table 2 KSPD scores by child sex and age.

From: Direct and indirect effects of smoking during pregnancy on child development: The Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Male

Female

Q1: non-smokers

Q2: ex-smokers who quit before pregnancy

Q3: ex-smokers who quit during pregnancy

Q4: current smokers

p value*

Q1: non-smokers

Q2: ex-smokers who quit before pregnancy

Q3: ex-smokers who quit during pregnancy

Q4: current smokers

p value*

Mean ± SD

2y

n

1433

550

247

78

1393

548

232

80

P-M

91.8 ± 18.2

92.2 ± 18.2

94.0 ± 16.8

94.2 ± 18.7

0.238

93.3 ± 17.3

94.0 ± 17.5

95.2 ± 17.8

98.4 ± 21.6

0.044

C-A

93.1 ± 12.7

92.5 ± 11.8

92.5 ± 10.5

88.7 ± 9.7

0.016

97.3 ± 13.0

97.4 ± 12.6

96.6 ± 12.4

94.9 ± 12.9

0.348

L-S

89.0 ± 15.2

88.5 ± 14.7

87.0 ± 13.6

82.9 ± 14.3

0.002

95.6 ± 14.8

94.1 ± 13.2

94.1 ± 15.0

91.9 ± 13.8

0.024

DQ

91.7 ± 10.7

91.2 ± 9.7

91.1 ± 8.9

88.0 ± 8.1

0.017

96.0 ± 10.8

95.5 ± 10.0

95.5 ± 10.3

93.9 ± 10.7

0.285

4y

n

1368

515

223

70

1333

531

215

77

P-M

87.6 ± 12.9

87.6 ± 12.6

87.7 ± 11.6

86.9 ± 12.8

0.969

89.6 ± 11.6

89.4 ± 10.5

88.4 ± 13.1

91.3 ± 7.4

0.254

C-A

93.9 ± 16.3

93.7 ± 17.0

89.7 ± 14.6

86.0 ± 13.5

< 0.001

97.0 ± 14.1

96.6 ± 13.9

93.6 ± 15.7

93.7 ± 12.1

0.004

L-S

93.7 ± 17.8

92.4 ± 17.4

89.6 ± 17.1

87.2 ± 16.3

< 0.001

97.1 ± 15.6

95.1 ± 15.1

93.0 ± 16.1

92.8 ± 13.6

< 0.001

DQ

93.6 ± 15.4

92.9 ± 15.4

89.6 ± 14.6

86.6 ± 13.1

< 0.001

96.9 ± 13.3

95.7 ± 12.8

93.2 ± 14.7

93.4 ± 11.2

< 0.001

  1. KSPD Kyoto scale of psychological development, P-M posture-motor, C-A cognitive-adaptive, L-S language-social, DQ developmental quotient, SD standard deviation.
  2. *ANOVA.
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