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- Title
Tobacco and Alcohol Use During Pregnancy and Risk of Oral Clefts.
- Authors
Lorente, Christine; Cordier, Sylvaine; Goujard, Janine; Aymé, Ségolène; Bianchi, Fabrizio; Calzolari, Elisa; De Walle, Hermien E. K.; Knill-Jones, Robin
- Abstract
Objectives. This study examined the relationship between maternal tobacco and alcohol consumption during the first trimester of pregnancy and oral clefts. Methods. Data were derived from a European multicenter case-control study including 161 infants with oral clefts and 1134 control infants. Results. Multivariate analyses showed an increased risk of cleft lip with or without cleft palate associated with smoking (odds ratio [OR] = 1.79, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.07, 3.04) and an increased risk of cleft palate associated with alcohol consumption (OR= 2.28, 95% CI = 1.02, 5.09). The former risk increased with the number of cigarettes smoked. Conclusions. This study provides further evidence of the possible role of prevalent environmental exposures such as tobacco and alcohol in the etiology of oral clefts. (Am d Public Health. 2000; 90:415-419)
- Subjects
SUBSTANCE abuse; WOMEN'S tobacco use; PREGNANT women; ALCOHOL drinking; FIRST trimester of pregnancy; CLEFT palate
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2000, Vol 90, Issue 3, p415
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.90.3.415