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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Craniofac Surg. 2009 Mar;20(Suppl 1):664–669. doi: 10.1097/SCS.0b013e318193d5d5

Table 3.

Vasoactive exposures and risk of HFM#

Exposure/event Cases (%)
n=230
Controls (%)
n=678
MVOR* 95% CI*
Pseudoephedrine 18.7 12.1 2.0 (1.2-3.4)
Phenylpropanolamine 2.2 1.2 0.8 (0.2-3.2)
Aspirin 6.1 3.5 1.5 (0.7-3.4)
Ibuprofen 12.2 7.4 1.7 (0.9-3.0)
Cigarette Smoking- 1st trimester
 1-9/day 10.4 5.2 2.3 (1.2-4.4)
 ≥10/day 12.2 12.4 1.2 (0.7-2.1)
Alcohol drinking-1st trimester
 ≤2 drinks/d or ≤2 drinking d/wk 35.2 40.1 0.8 (0.5-1.2)
 ≥3 drinks on ≥3 d/wk 1.7 0.4 6.2 (1.3-29.2)
Diabetes 7.8 1.5 6.0 (2.5-14.3)
Hypertension 3.5 2.4 1.2 (0.5-3.3)
Vaginal bleeding**
 1st trimester 16.1 13.0 1.0 (0.6-1.6)
 2nd trimester 3.5 0.3 13.2 (2.3-75.8)
#

Modified from ref 62.

*

Multivariate odds ratio (MVOR) and confidence interval (CI) adjusted for all factors in tables 2 and 3.