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Table 2 Pregnancy alcohol exposure patterns three months before pregnancy and during pregnancy

From: “Did you ever drink more?” A detailed description of pregnant women’s drinking patterns

 

Alcohol drinking level in 3 months prior to pregnancya

 

None

Low

Moderate

High

Binge

 
 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Total N (%)

PAE tier 1

      

 Abstinent throughout pregnancy

261 (90.0)

82 (41.6)

79 (27.4)

3 (6.4)

69 (12.3)

494 (35.7)

 Drank alcohol while pregnant

29 (10.0)

115 (58.4)

209 (72.6)

44 (93.6)

494 (87.7)

891 (64.3)

 Total

290 (100.0)

197 (100.0)

288 (100.0)

47 (100.0)

563 (100.0)

1385 (100.0)

PAE tier 2

      

 Abstinent throughout pregnancy

261 (90.0)

82 (41.6)

79 (27.4)

3 (6.4)

69 (12.3)

494 (35.7)

 Drank alcohol in trimester one only

22 (7.6)

64 (32.5)

119 (41.3)

15 (32.9)

210 (37.3)

430 (31.1)

 Drank alcohol throughout pregnancy

7 (2.4)

51 (25.9)

90 (31.6)

29 (61.7)

284 (50.4)

461 (33.3)

 Total

290 (100.0)

197 (100.0)

288 (100.0)

47 (100.0)

563 (100.0)

1385 (100.0)

PAE tier 3

      

 Abstinent throughout pregnancy

261 (90.0)

82 (41.6)

79 (27.4)

3 (6.4)

69 (12.3)

494 (35.7)

 Low in T1, abstinent in T2 and T3

12 (4.4)

56 (28.4)

33 (11.5)

5 (10.6)

36 (6.4)

142 (10.3)

 Moderate/high in T1, abstinent in T2 and T3

6 (2.1)

5 (2.5)

72 (25.0)

9 (19.1)

78 (13.8)

170 (12.2)

 Binge pre-aware, abstinent in T2 and T3

4 (1.4)

3 (1.5)

14 (4.9)

1 (2.1)

96 (17.0)

118 (8.5)

 Low in T1, low/moderate in T2 and/or T3

4 (1.4)

46 (23.3)

31 (10.8)

4 (8.5)

27 (4.8)

112 (8.1)

 Moderate/high in T1, any level in T2 and/or T3

1 (0.3)

3 (1.5)

53 (18.4)

21 (44.7)

107 (19.0)

185 (13.4)

 Binge pre-aware, low/moderate in T2 and/or T3

2 (0.7)

2 (1.0)

6 (2.1)

4 (8.5)

150 (26.6)

164 (11.8)

 Total

290 (100.0)

197 (100.0)

288 (100.0)

47 (100.0)

563 (100.0)

1385 (100.0)

  1. aTotal excludes lifetime abstainers (n = 112) and 73 with irregular patterns, final n = 1385. Due to low numbers in the high level PAE, this category was combined with moderate PAE
  2. T1, T2, T3: Trimesters 1, 2 and 3