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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jul 12.
Published in final edited form as: Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 2008 Nov;82(11):776–784. doi: 10.1002/bdra.20529

Table 3.

Adjusted Odds Ratio Estimates for Child Phenotype Associated with Maternal Exposure to Cigarette Smokinga or Alcohol,b National Birth Defects Prevention Study 1997–2003

EA ± TEF
Controls
All
Isolated
Multiple
Controlsc
VATER
Exposure N N OR 95% CI N OR 95% CI N OR 95% CI N N OR 95% CI
Cigarette smokingd
 None 3,234 222 ref 96 ref 94 ref 3,010 32 ref
 Any periconceptional exposure 1,718 112 1.1 0.8, 1.6 42 0.9 0.5, 1.5 48 1.1 0.7, 1.8 1,649 22 1.8 0.9, 3.6
Type of exposured
 Active only 349 22 1.5 0.7, 3.1 9 0.3 0.1, 1.6 5 1.4 0.4, 4.4 331 8 8.0 2.2, 28.6
 Passive only 758 48 1.1 0.7, 1.5 18 1.1 0.6, 1.8 22 1.0 0.6, 1.7 732 8 1.2 0.5, 2.7
 Active + passive 611 42 1.9 0.9, 4.1 15 0.3 0.1, 1.4 21 4.3 1.5, 12.3 586 6 5.1 1.1, 23.1
Cigarettes/daye
 No active smoking 4,004 270 ref 114 ref 116 ref 3,754 40 ref
 1–14 658 45 1.6 0.8, 3.2 17 0.3 0.1, 1.4 18 2.3 0.9, 6.2 631 10 7.0 2.1, 23.8
 ≥15 301 19 1.4 0.6, 3.5 7 0.1 0.02, 0.9 8 2.7 0.7, 9.9 286 4 nc
Alcohola,f
 None 3,071 186 ref 77 ref 83 ref 2,836 26 ref
 Any periconceptional exposure 1,857 145 1.2 0.8, 1.8 59 1.2 0.6, 2.2 58 1.1 0.6, 2.0 1,798 28 1.5 0.6, 3.9
Drinks/monthf
 1–15 1,461 111 1.2 0.8, 1.8 45 1.2 0.6, 2.2 49 1.1 0.6, 2.0 1,414 17 1.4 0.5, 3.7
 16–30 250 20 1.3 0.7, 2.5 7 1.1 0.4, 3.1 5 0.7 0.2, 2.2 242 8 4.1 1.1, 14.8
 >30 134 14 1.8 0.8, 3.7 7 2.1 0.7, 6.1 4 nc 131 3 nc
Binge episodesf
 Drinking, no binge episodes 1,433 112 1.2 0.8, 1.8 46 1.1 0.6, 2.1 47 1.1 0.6, 2.1 1,388 19 1.3 0.5, 3.5
 Drinking , ≥1 binge episodes 407 32 1.4 0.8, 2.3 13 1.4 0.6, 3.2 10 0.9 0.4, 2.3 395 9 2.5 0.8, 7.8
Type(s) of alcoholf
 Beer only 391 23 1.0 0.6, 1.7 11 1.1 0.5, 2.6 7 0.7 0.3, 1.8 382 5 1.6 0.5, 5.3
 Wine only 513 52 1.3 0.8, 2.1 21 1.3 0.6, 2.6 23 1.3 0.6, 2.7 494 8 1.3 0.4, 4.1
 Distilled spirits only 311 24 1.3 0.8, 2.3 9 1.3 0.6, 3.0 9 1.2 0.5, 2.7 300 6 1.8 0.5, 6.1
 Two or more types 640 46 1.1 0.7, 1.8 18 1.0 0.5, 2.1 19 1.1 0.5, 2.4 620 9 1.4 0.5, 4.5

Ref, reference; nc, not calculated; EA ± TEF, esophageal atresia with or without tracheo-esophageal fistula; VATER, vertebral anomalies, anorectal atresia, tracheo-esophageal fistula, esophageal atresia, renal anomalies; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.

a

Missing or incomplete data for cigarette smoking distributed as follows: controls = 15.

b

Missing or incomplete data for alcohol distributed as follows: cases = 3; controls = 39.

c

No mothers of VATER cases interviewed by NC or UT centers; thus control subjects excluded from analyses for these centers.

d

Adjusted for plurality, maternal age, race and ethnicity, education, pre-pregnancy diabetes, infertility treatments, alcohol consumption (yes/no), duration of cigarette smoking, and study center.

e

Adjusted for plurality, maternal age, race and ethnicity, education, pre-pregnancy diabetes, infertility treatments, passive cigarette smoking, alcohol consumption (yes/no), duration of cigarette smoking, and study center.

f

Adjusted for plurality, maternal age, race and ethnicity, education, pre-pregnancy diabetes, infertility treatments, cigarette smoking (yes/no), duration of alcohol consumption, and study center.