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.