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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2013 Apr 26;22(7):783–793. doi: 10.1002/pds.3448

Table 4.

Association of Isolated Second- or Third-Degree Hypospadias with Maternal Periconceptional Use of Specific Medications, Excluding Low Birth Weight Infants and Multiple Births, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, October 1997 to December 2007.a

Medication/Herbal Exposure Exposed Cases (Total cases=1108) Exposed Controls (Total cases=3978) aORb (95% CI) Sub-Analysis aOR (95% CI) Primary Analysis
Acetaminophen 701 2318 1.0 (0.8, 1.1) 1.0 (0.8, 1.1)
Aspirin 61 164 1.2 (0.9, 1.7) 1.3 (0.9, 1.7)
Azithromycin 18 66 0.7 (0.4, 1.3) 0.6 (0.4, 1.1)
Barley grass 6 10 1.7 (0.6, 4.8) 2.1 (0.8, 5.4)
Butalbital 5 8 1.5 (0.5, 4.8) 2.1 (0.7, 5.8)
Progesterone onlyc 33 59 1.3 (0.8, 2.1) 1.1 (0.7, 1.7)
Clomiphene only 20 34 1.6 (0.9, 2.9) 1.9 (1.2, 3.0)
FSH+HCG+LEU+PRO 3 4 --- 2.2 (1.0, 4.8)
CLO+PRO 6 8 1.6 (0.5, 4.9) 2.0 (0.8, 5.0)
FSH+HCG+PRO 5 3 --- 1.7 (0.6, 4.7)
FSH+PRO 2 5 --- 1.7 (0.5, 5.4)
Herbal tea 10 32 1.7 (0.8, 3.7) 1.8 (1.0, 3.5)
Ibuprofen 309 873 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) 1.2 (1.0, 1.3)
Labetalol 4 5 --- 2.6 (0.9, 7.7)
Levothyroxine sodium 31 61 1.4 (0.9, 2.2) 1.3 (0.9, 2.0)
Phenylpropanolamine 7 13 2.0 (0.7, 5.4) 2.0 (0.9, 4.8)
Progestin-only oral contraceptives 16 89 1.3 (0.7, 2.6) 1.9 (1.1, 3.2)
Venlafaxine 9 9 3. 7 (1.4, 9.7) 2.4 (1.0, 6.0)

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

a

Medication exposure is reported for the period from 1 month before to 4 months after conception.

b

Odds ratios are adjusted for maternal age, race/ethnicity, education, pre-pregnancy BMI, previous live births, sub-fertility, study site, and year of due date. Fertility agents were not adjusted for sub-fertility.

--- Odds ratios were not estimated for medication components with fewer than 5 exposed cases.

c

Progesterone use was reported either for subfertility or for pregnancy complications