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. 2022 Mar 29;92(6):1795–1804. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02024-9

Table 2.

Frequency and prevalence of associated congenital anomaly among individuals with craniofacial anomalies and intellectual disability.

Congenital anomalies diagnostic category (BPA-ICD9 code) Craniofacial anomalies Orofacial clefts Craniosynostosis Craniofacial microsomia Other congenital anomalies
All ID (n = 134) Severe ID (n = 17) All ID (n = 89) Severe ID (n = 11) All ID (n = 34) Severe ID (n ≤ 5) All ID (n = 10) Severe ID (n ≤ 5) All ID (n = 2515) Severe ID (n = 378)
n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%)
Chromosomal abnormalities (75800- 75899) 22 (16.4) ≤5 18 (20.2) ≤5 ≤5 0 0 0 769 (30.6) 104 (27.5)
Foetal alcohol syndrome (75992) ≤5 0 ≤5 0 ≤5 0 0 0 47 (1.9) 6 (1.6)
System affected
 Nervous (74000–74299) 32 (23.9)a 9 (52.9)b 19 (21.4) 6 (54.6) 10 (29.4) ≤5 ≤5 ≤5 464 (18.5) 134 (35.5)
 Cardiovascular (74500–74788) 22 (16.4) ≤5 15 (16.9) ≤5 ≤5 0 ≤5 ≤5 591 (23.5) 65 (17.2)
 Respiratory (74800–74888) 8 (6.0) ≤5 ≤5 ≤5 ≤5 0 0 0 25 (1.0) ≤5
 Gastrointestinal (75000–75188) 10 (7.5) ≤5 8 (9.0) ≤5 ≤5 0 0 0 159 (6.3) 27 (7.1)
 Urogenital (75200–75399) 24 (17.9) ≤5 17 (19.1) ≤5 6 (17.7) 0 0 0 498 (19.8) 49 (13.0)
 Musculoskeletal (75400–75699)c 65 (48.5) 10 (58.8) 37 (41.6) ≤5 19 (55.9) ≤5 8 (80.0) ≤5 537 (21.4) 82 (21.7)
 Integument (75710–75792) 8 (6.0) ≤5 ≤5 0 ≤5 ≤5 ≤5 0 94 (3.7) 10 (2.6)

BPA British Paediatric Association, ICD International Classification of Diseases, ID intellectual disability.

aIncludes microcephaly (n = 12) and corpus callosum agenesis (n = 8).

bIncludes microcephaly (n ≤ 5), corpus callosum agenesis (n = ≤5) and holoprosencephaly (n = ≤5).

cDoes not include oral clefts, craniosynostosis and related syndromes, craniofacial microsomia and other contributing syndromes.