Table 4

Mean (SD) score in Moray House Test according to maternal variables studied

		Male				Female				Total
		No.	Mean (SD)			r	p			No.	Mean (SD)	r	p	No.^4-150	Mean (SD)	r	p
Gestational age
<37 weeks	27	34.6 (14.1)				17	39.2 (13.3)				44	36.4 (13.8)
37–42 weeks	141	38.0 (14.6)				119	37.9 (15.7)				260	38.0 (15.1)
>42 weeks	21	36.4 (13.2)				14	31.3 (18.1)				35	34.3 (15.3)
Total	189	37.3 (14.4)	0.09	0.21		150	37.5 (15.7)	0.03	0.69		339	37.4 (15.0)	0.06	0.24

Maternal age
<25	120	36.8 (14.7)				98	34.5 (14.4)				218	35.7 (14.6)
25–29	54	37.8 (12.6)				43	35.7 (14.4)				97	36.9 (13.4)
>29	72	36.2 (15.7)				62	41.9 (16.5)				134	38.8 (16.3)
Total	246	36.8 (14.5)	0.01	0.90		203	37.0 (15.4)	0.20	0.005		449	36.9 (14.9)	0.10	0.038^4-151

Parity
0	114	38.2 (15.4)				109	37.1 (15.4)				223	37.6 (15.4)
1–2	79	37.1 (14.1)				60	38.3 (13.6)				139	37.6 (13.9)
3–4	22	33.5 (10.6)				19	32.8 (17.6)				41	33.2 (14.1)
>4	31	33.6 (14.4)				15	36.7 (19.3)				46	34.6 (16.0)
Total	246	36.8 (14.5)	−0.14	0.03		203	37.0 (15.4)	−0.04	0.58		449	36.9 (14.9)	−0.07^4-152	0.13

Legitimacy
Legitimate	204	38.4 (14.2)				174	37.6 (15.1)				378	38.0 (14.6)
Illegitimate	42	29.5 (14.2)				29	33.4 (16.7)				71	31.1 (15.3)		0.001^4-153

↵4-150 Total number of subjects for each variable is not 449 because of missing data and exclusion of extreme outliers: gestational age <21 >58 weeks.
↵4-151 Spearman's r male 0.04, p 0.52; female 0.21, p 0.002; total 0.12, p 0.009.
↵4-152 Spearman's r.
↵4-153 t test.