Table 2

Odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals for alcohol and cannabis use for night and daytime periods

NightDay
CasesControlsOdds ratio† (95% CI)CasesControlsOdds ratio† (95% CI)p*
*p value for interaction effect.
†Adjusted for confounding factors: (a) demographic factors: socioeconomic status (occupation), marital status, school leaving age, mother’s age at birth of infant; (b) pregnancy factors: antenatal class attended, months pregnancy when mother started attending antenatal classes, number of previous pregnancies, mother’s age at first pregnancy; (c) infant factors: sex of baby, ethnicity, birth weight, gestation; and (d) postnatal factors: region, baby’s age time of death/nominated time, season, sleeping position, maternal smoking, breast feeding, infant sharing bed with another person.
Alcohol use in past month
    No103 (43.3)338 (41.1)1.0053 (40.5)295 (40.1)1.000.79
    Yes135 (56.7)484 (58.9)0.86 (0.59 to 1.25)78 (59.5)441 (59.9)0.93 (0.59 to 1.46)
Binge drinking (number of glasses)
    No86 (36.1)273 (33.2)1.0046 (35.1)236 (32.1)1.000.052
    1–798 (41.2)476 (57.9)0.78 (0.52 to 1.17)64 (48.9)431 (58.6)0.98 (0.60 to 1.60)
    8 or more54 (22.7) 73 (8.9)1.64 (0.94 to 2.86)21 (16.0) 69 (9.4)0.84 (0.42 to 1.68)
Cannabis use since birth of baby
    No185 (77.7)772 (94.2)1.00112 (85.5)673 (91.6)1.000.003
    Yes53 (22.3) 48 (5.9)2.35 (1.36 to 4.05)19 (14.5) 62 (8.4)0.64 (0.32 to 1.29)