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Table 2 Baseline characteristics of mothers and offspring in relation to major congenital anomalies

From: Congenital anomalies in neurofibromatosis 1: a retrospective register-based total population study

Characteristic

No major congenital anomaly (n = 4886)

Major congenital anomaly

(n = 107)

P

Age (y)

29.1 ± 5.2

29.1 ± 5.7

.946

Smoking during pregnancy

  

.127

 Yes

722 (14.8)

22 (20.6)

 

 No

4047 (82.8)

84 (78.5)

 

 Missing

117 (2.4)

1 (0.9)

 

Married or cohabiting

  

.255

 Yes

4439 (90.9)

94 (87.9)

 

 No

415 (8.5)

12 (11.2)

 

 Missing

32 (0.7)

1 (0.9)

 

Socioeconomic positiona

   

 Upper white

596 (15.1)

16 (16.7)

.771

 Lower white

1717 (43.5)

37 (38.5)

.225

 Blue-collar

764 (19.3)

26 (27.1)

.098

 Other

630 (15.9)

14 (14.6)

.634

 Missing

244 (6.2)

3 (3.1)

 

Parity

  

.171

 1+

2965 (60.7)

55 (51.4)

 

 0

1896 (38.8)

52 (48.6)

 

 Missing

25 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

 

Sex, offspring

  

.993

 Male

2659 (54.4)

58 (54.2)

 

 Female

2227 (45.6)

49 (45.8)

 

Gestational age, offspring (weeks)

39.8 ± 1.7

39.4 ± 2.1

.072

 Missing

33 (0.7)

0 (0.0)

 

Birth size

   

 SGA

245 (5.0)

14 (13.1)

<.001

 AGA

4320 (88.4)

85 (79.4)

.002

 LGA

277 (5.7)

8 (7.5)

.521

 Missing

44 (0.9)

0 (0.0)

 
  1. Data are n (%) or mean ± standard deviation. SGA small for gestational age, AGA appropriate for gestational age, LGA large for gestational age
  2. a data available since 1991 (n = 3951 for children with no congenital anomaly and 96 for children with congenital anomaly)