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Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 87:F100-F105 doi:10.1136/fn.87.2.F100
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Effects of maternal tobacco smoking, sleeping position, and sleep state on arousal in healthy term infants

Table 2

Numbers of infants studied and responses elicited to both test and sham stimuli at each study for each sleep state and sleep position for non-smoking and smoking groups

Smoking group Non-smoking group
AS QS AS QS
Age at study Prone Supine Prone Supine Prone Supine Prone Supine
*p<0.05; **p<0.01; *** p<0.001 prone v supine.
†p<0.05; ††p<0.01; †††p<0.001 AS v QS.
‡p<0.05; ‡‡p<0.01; ‡‡‡p<0.001 non-smoking v smoking groups.
AS, Active sleep; QS, quiet sleep.
2–3 weeks
    Number of infants 11 11 11 11 13 13 13 13
    Total stimulus presentations 389 315 263 176 382 345 269 207
    Arousal threshold (cm H2O) 208 (31) 157 (21) 275 (41) 212 (33) 264 (30) 175 (21) 347 (52)* 246 (31)
    % spontaneous arousal 4 7†† 2 1 2* 8†† 1 1
2–3 months
    Number of infants 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
    Total stimulus presentations 317 249 303 250 256 162 277 166
    Arousal threshold (cm H2O) 154 (23)†††‡‡ 106 (15)††† 409 (57) 380 (72)‡ 257 (40)†††** 106 (18) 457 (66)*** 181 (32)
    % spontaneous arousal 4††† 5††† 0 0 5 8 2‡ 5‡‡‡
5–6 months
    Number of infants 9 9 9 9 8 8 8 8
    Total stimulus presentations 77 52 238 158 124 48 185 128
    Arousal threshold (cm H2O) 265 (99)† 122 (29)†† 603 (91) 513 (111) 163 (33)††† 156 (42)††† 624 (91) 560 (116)
    % spontaneous arousal 3 8†† 0 1 7†† 11 1 3

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