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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2026 Feb 26.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Med Genet A. 2019 Jul 16;179(9):1846–1856. doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.61296

Table 2.

Demographic characteristics of primary congenital glaucoma cases and controls, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 2000-2011

Controls
(n=10,084)
All Cases
(n=107)
Isolated Cases
(n=92)
n (%) n (%) cOR (95% CI) aOR (95% CI) n (%) cOR (95% CI) aOR (95% CI)
Maternal age at delivery
 ≤24 years 3,276 (32.5) 41 (38.3) 1.20 (0.80-1.81) 1.19 (0.76-1.87) 35 (38.0) 1.22 (0.79-1.90) 1.12 (0.68-1.83)
 25-34 years 5,385 (53.4) 56 (52.3) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 47 (51.1) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 ≥35 years 1,423 (14.1) 10 (9.4) 0.68 (0.34-1.33) 0.64 (0.31-1.29) 10 (10.9) 0.81 (0.41-1.60) 0.76 (0.37-1.55)
Paternal age at delivery
 ≤24 years 2,111 (21.6) 25 (24.8) 1.23 (0.76-2.00) 1.33 (0.70-2.53) 22 (25.3) 1.26 (0.75-2.12) 1.40 (0.70-2.79)
 25-34 years 5,211 (53.4) 50 (49.5) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 43 (49.4) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 ≥35 years 2,444 (25.0) 26 (25.7) 1.11 (0.69-1.79) 1.39 (0.80-2.41) 22 (25.3) 1.09 (0.65-1.83) 1.23 (0.67-2.27)
Maternal race/ethnicity
 Non-Hispanic white 5,734 (56.9) 51 (47.7) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 46 (50.0) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 Non-Hispanic black 1,101 (10.9) 27 (25.2) 2.76 (1.72-4.42) 2.42 (1.42-4.13) 23 (25.0) 2.60 (1.57-4.31) 2.22 (1.25-3.95)
 Hispanic 2,546 (25.3) 20 (18.7) 0.88 (0.53-1.48) 0.95 (0.53-1.69) 18 (19.6) 0.88 (0.51-1.52) 0.89 (0.48-1.65)
 Other 696 (6.9) 9 (8.4) 1.45 (0.71-2.97) 1.60 (0.78-3.27) 5 (5.4) 0.90 (0.36-2.26) 0.97 (0.38-2.46)
Maternal nativity
 United States 7,685 (78.6) 76 (74.5) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 67 (76.1) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 Other 2,089 (21.4) 26 (25.5) 1.26 (0.80-1.97) 1.58 (0.88-2.84) 21 (23.9) 1.15 (0.71-1.89) 1.39 (0.72-2.67)
Maternal education
 <12 years 1,634 (16.7) 17 (16.7) 0.98 (0.57-1.69) 1.01 (0.52-1.97) 15 (17.1) 0.93 (0.52-1.64) 0.83 (0.41-1.70)
 12 years 2,277 (23.3) 23 (22.6) 0.95 (0.59-1.54) 0.91 (0.54-1.55) 15 (17.1) 0.67 (0.38-1.18) 0.58 (0.31-1.08)
 >12 years 5,855 (60.0) 62 (60.8) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 58 (65.9) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
Household annual income
 <$10,000 1,773 (19.1) 19 (19.8) 1.36 (0.75-2.45) 1.48 (0.72-3.01) 15 (18.3) 1.16 (0.61-2.20) 1.19 (0.55-2.60)
 $10,000-$50,000 4,107 (44.2) 50 (52.1) 1.54 (0.96-2.47) 1.59 (0.94-2.70) 42 (51.2) 1.40 (0.85-2.30) 1.42 (0.81-2.49)
 >$50,000 3,420 (36.8) 27 (28.1) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 25 (30.5) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)

cOR=crude odds ratio; aOR=adjusted odds ratio; CI=95% confidence interval

Adjusted for maternal age, maternal race/ethnicity, pre-pregnancy BMI, and periconceptional folic acid supplement use