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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Pediatr. 2022 Mar 30;246:89–94.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2022.03.038

Table IV.

Associations of factors with sub-groups of BA

Characteristic Adjusted PR (95%CI)*
Sub-group 1: Isolated BA (n=212) Sub-group 2: BA with non-laterality birth defects (n=66) Sub-group 3: BA with laterality defects (n=27)
Infant sex
 Male 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 Female 1.76 (1.33–2.32) 1.71 (1.04–2.83) 1.14 (0.54–2.43)
Gestational Age
 >37 weeks 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 32–37 weeks 1.09 (0.68–1.73) 3.80 (2.13–6.77) 2.10 (0.79–5.60)
 <32 weeks 2.91 (1.54–5.52) 8.63 (3.86–19.31) 2.32 (0.31–17.33)
Season of conception
 Spring 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 Summer 0.70 (0.48–1.02) 1.12 (0.57–2.22) 0.86 (0.36–2.07)
 Fall 0.66 (0.45–0.97) 0.81 (0.39–1.69) 0.09 (0.01–0.70)
 Winter 0.84 (0.59–1.19) 1.16 (0.60–2.25) 0.53 (0.20–1.43)
Maternal race/ethnicity
 NH White 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 NH Black 1.39 (0.88–2.21) 2.07 (0.94–4.58) 1.62 (0.50–5.27)
 Hispanic 1.17 (0.86–1.60) 1.60 (0.89–2.89) 0.93 (0.39–2.21)
 Other 1.84 (1.01–3.33) 2.43 (0.81–7.27) 1.86 (0.40–8.67)
Maternal diabetes
 No 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 Yes 2.16 (1.32–3.56) 1.42 (0.51–3.92) 6.83 (2.73–17.08)
Pre-gestational diabetes**
 No 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 Yes 3.21 (1.02–10.10) 2.71 (0.37–19.84) 26.58 (7.51–94.04)
Gestational diabetes**
 No 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref) 1.00 (Ref)
 Yes 1.14 (0.50–2.58) 1.17 (0.28–4.86) 2.87 (0.66–12.56)
*

In order to compare a full complement across the three sub-groups, this model adjusts for the same variables of interest regardless of significance within each individual sub-group.

**

Analysis limited to subset of patients born between 2005–2014 (n=137 in sub-group 1, n=42 in sub-group 2, and n=18 in sub-group 3).

Abbreviations: NH = Non-Hispanic; PR = Prevalence ratio; CI = Confidence interval; Ref = Reference