Maternal and paternal age, birth order and interpregnancy interval evaluation for cleft lip-palate.

ABSTRACT:

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Cleft lip and palate (CL/P) are the most common congenital craniofacial anomalies.

Aim

To evaluate environmental risk factors for non-syndromic CL/P in a reference care center in Minas Gerais.

Materials and methods

we carried out a case-controlled study, assessing 100 children with clefts and 100 children without clinical alterations. The analysis dimensions (age, skin color, gender, fissure classification, maternal and paternal age, birth order and interpregnancy interval), obtained from a questionnaire; and later we build a data base and the analyses were carried out by the SPSS 17.0 software. The results were analyzed with the relative risk for each variable, in order to estimate the odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval, followed by a bivariate and

SUBMITTER: Martelli DR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9445998 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature