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. 2020 Jun;21(2):119–126. doi: 10.30476/DENTJODS.2019.77620.0

Table 1.

Association between sociodemographic variables and the occurrence of oral clefts.

Variable Categories Cases Controls OR CI p Value
n % n % (95%) (χ2)
Child gender Male 97 33.33 194 66.67 1.00 (0.66 ; 1.51) 1.000
Female 53 33.33 106 66.67 1.00 - -
Child race/color Native-American 5 100 0 0.00 - - 0.001
Black 24 20.17 95 79.83 0.48 (0.28 ; 0.81) 0.006
Brown 53 40.77 77 59.23 1.30 (0.82 ; 2.05) 0.266
Father’s age at pregnancy ≤ 19 years 14 41.18 20 58.82 1.41 (0.69 ; 2.88) 0.350
20 a 39 years 124 33.24 249 66.76 1.00 - -
≥ 40 years 12 27.91 31 72.09 0.78 (0.39 ; 1.57) 0.480
Mother’s age at pregnancy ≤ 19 years 46 35.11 85 64.89 1.11 (0.72 ; 1.72) 0.635
20 a 34 years 94 32.75 193 67.25 1.00 - -
≥ 35 years 10 31.25 22 68.75 0.93 (0.42 ; 2.05) 0.863
Father’s education level ≤ 9 years 58 42.34 79 57.66 1.84 (1.18 ; 2.87) 0.007
10 a 12 years 65 28.51 163 71.49 1.00 - -
> 12 years 19 39.58 29 60.42 1.64 (0.86 ; 3.14) 0.130
Not informed 8 21.62 29 78.38 0.69 (0.30 ; 1.59) 0.384
Mother’s education level ≤9 years 45 38.79 71 61.21 1.41 (0.90 ; 2.21) 0.133
10 a 12 years 88 30.99 196 69.01 1.00 - -
> 12 years 17 34.00 33 66.00 1.15 (0.61 ; 2.17) 0.672

OR: Odds Ratio; CI: confidence interval; p Value: Chi-square test.