Socioeconomic measures, orofacial clefts, and conotruncal heart defects in California
- 30 July 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology
- Vol. 85 (10) , 850-857
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To examine the association of multiple measures of socioeconomic status (SES) with risks of orofacial clefts and conotruncal heart defects.DESIGN: Data were from a recent population‐based case‐control study conducted in California that included 608 patients with orofacial clefts, 277 patients with conotruncal heart defects, and 617 nonmalformed controls.RESULTS: The odds ratio for the worst versus best score on a household‐level SES index was strongest for cleft lip with or without palate, at 1.7 (95% confidence interval, 0.9–3.4); the odds ratios for this comparison were closer to 1 and less precise for the other defect groups. An index based on neighborhood‐level SES was also not associated with increased risk of the studied defects.CONCLUSIONS: This detailed analysis of SES and selected birth defects did not suggest worse SES was associated with increased risk of the studied defects, with the possible exception of cleft lip with or without cleft palate. Birth Defects Research (Part A), 2009.Keywords
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