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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Occup Environ Med. 2012 Jul 17;69(9):628–635. doi: 10.1136/oemed-2011-100536

Table 4.

Adjusted* associations between exposure to classes of solvents from literature-based approach and selected simple, isolated congenital heart defects, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997–2002


Any Solvent Aromatic Solvents Chlorinated Solvents Stoddard Solvent

N OR (95% CI) N OR (95% CI) N OR (95% CI) N OR (95% CI)
Any congenital heart defect 194 1.1 (0.9 to 1.4) 50 1.1 (0.8 to 1.6) 156 1.1 (0.8 to 1.3) 67 1.2 (0.8 to 1.7)
Conotruncal defects 46 1.1 (0.8 to 1.6) 13 1.1 (0.6 to 2.2) 36 1.0 (0.7 to 1.5) 17 1.3 (0.8 to 2.3)
 Tetralogy of Fallot 21 0.9 (0.5 to 1.5) 6 0.8 (0.3 to 2.3) 16 0.8 (0.5 to 1.4) 6 0.9 (0.4 to 2.1)
 D-Transposition of the great arteries 20 1.5 (0.9 to 2.4) 6 1.7 (0.7 to 4.1) 17 1.5 (0.9 to 2.5) 9 2.0 (1.0 to 4.2)
Anomalous pulmonary venous return 4 0.8 (0.3 to 2.2) 1 Not Estimated 4 0.9 (0.3 to 2.6) 0 Not Estimated
Left ventricular outflow tract obstruction defects 30 1.0 (0.7 to 1.5) 9 1.1 (0.5 to 2.4) 21 0.8 (0.5 to 1.4) 8 0.8 (0.4 to 1.8)
 Hypoplastic left heart syndrome 7 0.5 (0.2 to 1.1) 2 0.3 (0.0 to 2.3) 5 0.5 (0.2 to 1.1) 2 0.4 (0.1 to 1.8)
 Coarctation of the aorta 12 1.1 (0.6 to 2.1) 4 1.6 (0.6 to 4.4) 8 0.8 (0.4 to 1.9) 2 0.7 (0.2 to 2.7)
 Aortic stenosis 11 2.1 (1.1 to 4.1) 3 2.3 (0.7 to 7.5) 8 1.9 (0.9 to 4.0) 4 2.2 (0.8 to 6.4)
Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction defects 35 1.3 (0.9 to 1.9) 9 1.3 (0.6 to 2.7) 31 1.3 (0.9 to 2.0) 17 1.9 (1.1 to 3.3)
 Pulmonary valve stenosis 27 1.4 (0.9 to 2.2) 8 1.5 (0.7 to 3.3) 23 1.4 (0.9 to 2.3) 13 2.1 (1.1 to 3.8)
Septal defects 72 1.1 (0.8 to 1.4) 18 1.1 (0.6 to 1.9) 57 1.0 (0.7 to 1.4) 25 1.1 (0.7 to 1.8)
 Ventricular septal defect - perimembranous 31 1.1 (0.7 to 1.6) 6 0.9 (0.4 to 2.0) 24 1.0 (0.6 to 1.5) 12 1.3 (0.7 to 2.4)
 Ventricular septal defect - muscular 9 0.7 (0.4 to 1.6) 3 0.8 (0.2 to 2.7) 7 0.7 (0.3 to 1.6) 1 Not Estimated
 Atrial septal defect - secundum or not otherwise specified 32 1.2 (0.8 to 1.7) 9 1.3 (0.7 to 2.7) 26 1.1 (0.7 to 1.7) 12 1.3 (0.7 to 2.4)
*

Multivariable logistic regression models adjusted for maternal age, education, race-ethnicity, periconceptional smoking and periconceptional intake of folic acid supplements.

Number of cases exposed to solvent