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. 2016 Mar 1;7:67. doi: 10.3389/fphys.2016.00067

Table 5.

Maternal risks factors associated with cleft palate.

Risk factor Study Country Categories OR (95% CI)
Smoking Little et al., 2004 Various Smoking vs. none 1.22 (1.1–1.35)
Leite et al., 2014 Denmark Smoking vs. none 1.09 (0.88–1.35)
Butali et al., 2013a Europe Smoking vs. none 1.38 (1.04–1.83)
Sabbagh et al., 2015 Various Passive smoking exposure vs. none 2.11 (1.23–3.62)
Supplements Butali et al., 2013a Europe Folic acid use vs. none 1.18 (0.89–1.57)
Johnson and Little, 2008 Europe, North America, South America, Australia, Asia Any supplement use vs. none 0.88 (0.76–1.01)
Multivitamins vs. none 0.88 (0.74–1.04)
Folic acid supplements vs. none 0.95 (0.79–1.14)
Preconceptionally start vs. none 0.70 (0.51–0.98)
After 4th month of gestation vs. none 0.99 (0.71–1.38)
Alcohol Bell et al., 2014 USA, Australia, Europe, India, Brazil, Japan, Canada Any alcohol use vs. no/low alcohol use 1.05 (0.92–1.21)
Alcohol use during 1st trimester vs. no/low alcohol 1.05 (0.90–1.23)
Alcohol use during pregnancy vs. no/low alcohol 1.06 (0.75–1.48)
Binge drinking vs. no/low alcohol (1st trimester) 0.94 (0.74–1.21)
Romitti et al., 2007 USA 1–4 drinks/mo vs. none 1.3 (1.0–1.9)
5–15 drinks/mo vs. none 1.1 (0.8–1.7)
16–30 drinks/mo vs. none 1.1 (0.6–1.8)
>30 drinks/mo vs. none 1.1 (0.6–2.2)
Diabetes mellitus Correa et al., 2008 USA Pregestational DM vs. none 1.80 (0.67–4.87)
Gestational DM vs. none 1.54 (1.01–2.37)
Bánhidy et al., 2010 Hungary DM Type 1 vs. none 2.2 (0.7–6.8)
DM Type 2 vs. none 0.4 (0.1–3.2)
Gestational DM vs. none 0.3 (0.0–2.0)
Obesity Stott-Miller et al., 2010 Washington Non-syndromic CP:
Overweight vs. normal weight 0.92 (0.69–1.22)
Obese vs. normal weight 1.21 (0.85–1.72)
All types of CP:
Overweight vs. normal weight 0.84 (0.66–1.08)
Obese vs. normal weight 1.04 (0.76–1.42)
Block et al., 2013 Florida Pre-pregnancy BMI: underweight vs. normal 1.27 (0.91–1.77)
Pre-pregnancy BMI: Overweight vs. normal 0.97 (0.79–1.20)
Pre-pregnancy BMI: Obese vs. normal 1.32 (1.07–1.62)
Stothard et al., 2009 Various Obese vs. recommended BMI 1.23 (1.08–1.47)
Overweight vs. recommended BMI 1.02 (0.86–1.20)
Izedonmwen et al., 2015 Various Obese vs. normal weight 1.14 (0.95–1.37)
Overweight vs. normal weight 0.89 (0.75–1.06)
Nonsystemic corticosteroid use Skuladottir et al., 2014 Norway Syndromic CP:
All CST vs. none 1.68 (0.71–3.98)
Dermatologic CST use vs. none 3.38 (0.87–13.09)
Non-dermatologic CST use vs. none 1.08 (0.34–3.40)
Non-syndromic CP:
Any type of CST use vs. none 1.30 (0.42–4.05)
Dermatologic CST use vs. none 2.64 (0.49–14.31)
Non-dermatologic CST use vs. none 0.83 (0.18–3.91)
Bereavement in antenatal period Ingstrup et al., 2013 Denmark Bereavement vs. none 1.34 (0.87–2.04)
All types of bereavement vs. none 0.91 (0.45–1.82)
Sudden death vs. none 1.69 (0.63–4.51)
Death of a child vs. none 2.36 (1.09–4.92)
Environmental conditions Chung et al., 2013 China (Hong Kong) Sunshine at conception vs. none P = 0.30
Sunshine at 4 weeks vs. none P = 0.072
Sunshine at 8 weeks vs. none P = 0.009
NOx at conception vs. none P = 0.506
NOx at 4 weeks vs. none P = 0.794
NOx at 8 weeks vs. none P = 0.343
NO at conception vs. none P = 0.127
NO at 4 weeks vs. none P = 0.795
NO at 8 weeks vs. none P = 0.085
Organic solvents Desrosiers et al., 2012 USA Chlorinated vs. none 0.83 (0.50–1.38)
Stoddard vs. none 1.45 (0.72–2.87)
Aromatic vs. none 1.03 (0.49–2.20)
Zinc (plasma levels) Munger et al., 2009 Utah Isolated CP:
9.3–10.4 vs. ≤ 9.2 μmol/L 0.75 (0.36–1.57)
10.4–11.6 vs. ≤ 9.2 μmol/L 0.78 (0.39–1.54)
≥11.7 vs. ≤ 9.2 μmol/L 0.93 (0.47–1.84)
CP with Malformations:
9.3–10.4 vs. ≤ 9.2 μmol/L 1.03 (0.44–2.40)
10.4–11.6 vs. ≤ 9.2 μmol/L 1.20 (0.55–2.65)
≥11.7 vs. ≤ 9.2 μmol/L 0.67 (0.27–1.67)
Tamura et al., 2005 Philippines 9.0–9.8 ≤ 8.9 μmol/L 0.65 (0.16–2.68)
9.9–10.9 ≤ 8.9 μmol/L 0.27 (0.05–1.45)
≥ 11.0 ≤ 8.9 μmol/L 0.07 (0.01–0.73)