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Table 3 Demographic and clinical characteristics of sporadic preaxial polydactyly type I (PPD1), familial polydactyly (all types), and healthy control group

From: Epidemiology of isolated preaxial polydactyly type I: Data from the Polish Registry of Congenital Malformations (PRCM)

Characteristic

Controls

Sporadic PPD1

Familial Polydactyly

N = 303$

N = 459$

N = 353$

Count (%)

Count (%)

P-value OR [95% CI]

Count (%)

P-value OR [95% CI]

Gender

 Female (reference)

135 (44.6%)

200 (43.6%)

0.83 (NS)

154 (43.6%)

0.84 (NS)

 Male

168 (55.4%)

257 (56%)

1.03 [0.77, 1.38]

198 (56.1%)

1.03 [0.76, 1.41]

Residence type

 Urban (reference)

179 (60.3%)

282 (61.8%)

0.67 (NS)

210 (60%)

0.94 (NS)

 Rural

118 (39.7%)

174 (38.2%)

0.94 [0.69, 1.26]

140 (40%)

1.01 [0.74, 1.39]

Maternal age #

 19 years and less

20 (6.6%)

36 (7.8%)

 

28 (7.9%)

 

 20-24

81 (26.7%)

147 (32%)

 

94 (26.6%)

 

 25-29

110 (36.3%)

147 (32%)

0.57 (NS)

128 (36.3%)

0.95 (NS)

 30-34

63 (20.8%)

91 (19.8%)

0.99 [0.95, 1.03]

61 (17.3%)

1.00 [0.96, 1.04]

 35-39

25 (8.3%)

28 (6.1%)

 

28 (7.9%)

 

 40 years and more

4 (1.3%)

5 (1.1%)

 

13 (3.7%)

 

Paternal age #

 19 years and less

7 (2.3%)

11 (2.4%)

 

6 (1.7%)

 

 20-24

36 (11.9%)

81 (17.6%)

 

52 (14.7%)

 

 25-29

98 (32.3%)

154 (33.6%)

 

115 (32.6%)

 

 30-34

74 (24.4%)

115 (25.1%)

0.27 (NS)

84 (23.8%)

0.95 (NS)

 35-39

39 (12.9%)

54 (11.8%)

0.98 [0.95, 1.02]

49 (13.9%)

1.00 [0.97, 1.04]

 40-44

20 (6.6%)

24 (5.2%)

 

26 (7.4%)

 

 45-49

5 (1.7%)

5 (1.1%)

 

9 (2.5%)

 

 50 years and more

2 (0.7%)

0 (0%)

 

3 (0.8%)

 

Maternal education *

 Elementary or incomplete elementary

43 (14.2%)

63 (13.7%)

 

41 (11.6%)

 

 Vocational

91 (30%)

115 (25.1%)

0.14 (NS)

105 (29.7%)

0.67 (NS)

 Secondary

108 (35.6%)

160 (34.9%)

1.16 [0.95, 1.42]

106 (30%)

1.05 [0.85, 1.30]

 Higher

61 (20.1%)

94 (20.5%)

 

87 (24.6%)

 

Paternal education *

 Elementary or incomplete elementary

21 (6.9%)

51 (11.1%)

 

32 (9.1%)

 

 Vocational

128 (42.2%)

196 (42.7%)

0.06 (NS)

135 (38.2%)

0.50 (NS)

 Secondary

83 (27.4%)

119 (25.9%)

0.81 [0.64, 1.01]

96 (27.2%)

1.09 [0.86, 1.38]

 Higher

36 (11.9%)

55 (12%)

 

65 (18.4%)

 

Birthweight [per 500 g body weight]

 500-999 g

1 (0%)

2 (0.4%)

 

1 (0.3%)

 

 1000-1499

1 (0.3%)

6 (1.3%)

 

1 (0.3%)

 

 1500-1999

9 (0.3%)

9 (2%)

 

4 (1.1%)

 

 2000-2499

46 (3%)

25 (5.4%)

<0.0001

10 (2.8%)

0.32 (NS)

 2500-2999

101 (15.2%)

100 (21.8%)

0.69 [0.61, 0.79]

46 (13%)

0.93 [0.81, 1.07]

 3000-3499

102 (33.3%)

175 (38.1%)

 

140 (39.7%)

 

 3500-3999

34 (33.7%)

101 (22%)

 

102 (28.9%)

 

 4000-4499

7 (11.2%)

29 (6.3%)

 

41 (11.6%)

 

 4500 g or more

0 (2.3%)

4 (0.9%)

 

4 (1.1%)

 

Pregnancy length

 under 28 weeks

0 (0%)

1 (0.2%)

 

1 (0.3%)

 

 28-31

1 (0.3%)

7 (1.5%)

0.57 (NS)

3 (0.8%)

0.48 (NS)

 32-36

15 (5%)

26 (5.7%)

0.98 [0.90, 1.06]

15 (4.2%)

1.03 [0.95, 1.13]

 37-41

271 (89.4%)

397 (86.5%)

 

305 (86.4%)

 

 42 weeks or more

8 (2.6%)

20 (4.4%)

 

18 (5.1%)

 

Pregnancy order

 1

126 (41.6%)

217 (47.3%)

 

155 (43.9%)

 

 2

87 (28.7%)

147 (32%)

 

115 (32.6%)

 

 3

45 (14.9%)

48 (10.5%)

0.02

39 (11%)

0.42 (NS)

 4

28 (9.2%)

29 (6.3%)

0.87 [0.77, 0.97]

15 (4.2%)

0.95 [0.85, 1.07]

 5

13 (4.3%)

5 (1.1%)

 

12 (3.4%)

 

 6

2 (0.7%)

6 (1.3%)

 

5 (1.4%)

 

 7 or more

2 (0.7%)

4 (0.9%)

 

7 (2%)

 

Birth order

 1

135 (44.6%)

237 (51.6%)

 

166 (47%)

 

 2

97 (32%)

152 (33.1%)

 

117 (33.1%)

 

 3

36 (11.9%)

37 (8.1%)

0.01

35 (9.9%)

0.62 (NS)

 4

29 (9.6%)

19 (4.1%)

0.84 [0.74, 0.96]

12 (3.4%)

0.97 [0.86, 1.10]

 5

3 (1%)

5 (1.1%)

 

8 (2.3%)

 

 6

1 (0.3%)

4 (0.9%)

 

6 (1.7%)

 

 7 or more

2 (0.7%)

2 (0.4%)

 

4 (1.1%)

 

Number of spontaneous abortions for 2nd or further pregnancy

 No (reference)

135 (76.3%)

182 (75.2%)

0.98 (NS)

155 (78.3%)

0.35 (NS)

 Yes

42 (23.7%)

57 (23.6%)

0.99 [0.63, 1.57]

38 (19.2%)

0.79 [0.48, 1.30]

  1. $ Marginal totals for some variables may be different because of missing values.
  2. NS: Not significant.
  3. # Common model of logistic regression of parents’ age.
  4. * Common model of logistic regression of parent’s education.