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

Table 4.

Association between intellectual disability and craniofacial anomalies (comparison group: children with congenital anomalies but not CFA).

Comparison group (n) Unadjusteda PR (95% CI) of craniofacial anomalies Adjusteda PR (95% CI) of craniofacial anomalies
All ID Mild/moderate ID Severe ID All ID Mild/moderate ID Severe ID
Other congenital anomalies (28,362) 1.12 (0.95, 1.33) 1.16 (0.97, 1.40) 0.95 (0.59, 1.54) 1.12 (0.94, 1.33) 1.14 (0.94, 1.38) 1.08 (0.67, 1.76)
Nervous system (1290) 0.28 (0.24, 0.34) 0.32 (0.26, 0.39) 0.10 (0.06, 0.17) 0.30 (0.25, 0.37) 0.34 (0.27, 0.42) 0.12 (0.07, 0.20)
Cardiovascular (5168) 0.86 (0.72, 1.02) 0.84 (0.69, 1.02) 0.98 (0.58, 1.67) 0.89 (0.71, 1.04) 0.82 (0.67, 1.01) 1.14 (0.66, 1.96)
Respiratory (170) 0.94 (0.58, 1.52) 1.04 (0.60, 1.80) 0.68 (0.20, 2.29) 0.90 (0.53, 1.52) 0.94 (0.52, 1.69) 1.01 (0.24, 4.33)
Gastrointestinal (2006) 1.28 (1.02, 1.60) 1.35 (1.06, 1.73) 0.98 (0.53, 1.81) 1.36 (1.07, 1.72) 1.40 (1.08, 1.82) 1.19 (0.64, 2.24)
Musculoskeletal (6716) 1.30 (1.08, 1.56) 1.33 (1.09, 1.63) 1.10 (0.65, 1.85) 1.15 (0.95, 1.40) 1.17 (0.95, 1.45) 1.05 (0.62, 1.78)
Urogenital (9028) 1.81 (1.51, 2.18) 1.78 (1.46, 2.18) 2.54 (1.46, 4.45) 1.94 (1.60, 2.35) 1.88 (1.52, 2.32) 2.88 (1.64, 5.04)
Integument (2368) 2.60 (2.00, 3.38) 2.59 (1.95, 3.45) 3.73 (1.61, 8.62) 2.21 (1.68, 2.90) 2.17 (1.61, 2.92) 3.52 (1.52, 8.13)
Chromosomal (418) 0.17 (0.14, 0.21) 0.16 (0.13, 0.20) 0.08 (0.05, 0.15) 0.16 (0.13, 0.20) 0.15 (0.12, 0.18) 0.09 (0.05, 0.15)

PR prevalence ratio, ID intellectual disability, CI confidence interval.

aAdjusted for sex, mother’s age, race, socioeconomic disadvantage, remoteness, parity, plurality, birth weight and gestational age.