For behavioral outcomes, fewer measures were highly correlated with child cognitive and behavioral performance (see Table 4). Generally, the greater the maternal drinking, the greater the child’s problems with non-verbal IQ, problem behavior, and attention. The most discriminating drinking variables were DDD and bingeing of 3 and 5 drinks per occasion, which at the adjusted alpha level of p =.0014, are significantly associated with 3 or more of the 5 tests (non-verbal IQ, problem behavior, attention problems, and working memory). Similarly, drinks per week consumed 3 months prior to pregnancy and mean drinks per week during pregnancy are each significantly correlated with 2 of the 5 tests (problem behavior and attention problems, and attention problems and verbal IQ; respectively).
