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Table 4 Demographic and clinical characteristics of sporadic preaxial polydactyly type I (PPD1) and familial polydactyly (all types)

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

Characteristic

Sporadic PPD1

Familial Polydactyly

 

N = 459$

N = 353$

P-value

OR [95% CI]

Count (%)

Count (%)

 

Gender

 Female (reference)

200 (43.6%)

154 (43.6%)

0.99 (NS)

 Male

257 (56%)

198 (56.1%)

1.00 [0.75, 1.32]

Residence type

 Urban (reference)

282 (61.8%)

210 (60%)

0.60 (NS)

 Rural

174 (38.2%)

140 (40%)

0.93 [0.70, 1.23]

Maternal age #

 19 years and less

36 (7.8%)

28 (7.9%)

 

 20-24

147 (32%)

94 (26.6%)

 

 25-29

147 (32%)

128 (36.3%)

0.55 (NS)

 30-34

91 (19.8%)

61 (17.3%)

0.99 [0.95, 1.03]

 35-39

28 (6.1%)

28 (7.9%)

 

 40 years and more

5 (1.1%)

13 (3.7%)

 

Paternal age #

 19 years and less

11 (2.4%)

6 (1.7%)

 

 20-24

81 (17.6%)

52 (14.7%)

 

 25-29

154 (33.6%)

115 (32.6%)

 

 30-34

115 (25.1%)

84 (23.8%)

0.23 (NS)

 35-39

54 (11.8%)

49 (13.9%)

0.98 [0.95, 1.01]

 40-44

24 (5.2%)

26 (7.4%)

 

 45-49

5 (1.1%)

9 (2.5%)

 

 50 years and more

0 (0%)

3 (0.8%)

 

Maternal education *

 Elementary and incomplete elementary

63 (13.7%)

41 (11.6%)

 

 Vocational

115 (25.1%)

105 (29.7%)

0.32 (NS)

 Secondary

160 (34.9%)

106 (30%)

1.10 [0.91, 1.33]

 Higher

94 (20.5%)

87 (24.6%)

 

Paternal education *

 Elementary and incomplete elementary

51 (11.1%)

32 (9.1%)

0.01

 Vocational

196 (42.7%)

135 (38.2%)

0.76 [0.62, 0.93]

 Secondary

119 (25.9%)

96 (27.2%)

 

Higher

55 (12%)

65 (18.4%)

 

Birthweight [per 500 g body weight]

 500-999 g

2 (0.4%)

1 (0.3%)

 

 1000-1499

6 (1.3%)

1 (0.3%)

 

 1500-1999

9 (2%)

4 (1.1%)

 

 2000-2499

25 (5.4%)

10 (2.8%)

<0.0001

 2500-2999

100 (21.8%)

46 (13%)

0.74 [0.65, 0.84]

 3000-3499

175 (38.1%)

140 (39.7%)

 

 3500-3999

101 (22%)

102 (28.9%)

 

 4000-4499

29 (6.3%)

41 (11.6%)

 

 4500 g and more

4 (0.9%)

4 (1.1%)

 

Pregnancy length

 under 28 weeks

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.3%)

 

 28-31

7 (1.5%)

3 (0.8%)

0.21 (NS)

 32-36

26 (5.7%)

15 (4.2%)

0.95 [0.89, 1.03]

 37-41

397 (86.5%)

305 (86.4%)

 

 42 weeks and more

20 (4.4%)

18 (5.1%)

 

Pregnancy order

 1

217 (47.3%)

155 (43.9%)

 

 2

147 (32%)

115 (32.6%)

 

 3

48 (10.5%)

39 (11%)

0.13 (NS)

 4

29 (6.3%)

15 (4.2%)

0.92 [0.83, 1.03]

 5

5 (1.1%)

12 (3.4%)

 

 6

6 (1.3%)

5 (1.4%)

 

 7 and further

4 (0.9%)

7 (2%)

 

Birth order

 1

237 (51.6%)

166 (47%)

 

 2

152 (33.1%)

117 (33.1%)

 

 3

37 (8.1%)

35 (9.9%)

0.047

 4

19 (4.1%)

12 (3.4%)

0.89 [0.78, 0.998]

 5

5 (1.1%)

8 (2.3%)

 

 6

4 (0.9%)

6 (1.7%)

 

 7 and further

2 (0.4%)

4 (1.1%)

 

Number of spontaneous abortions for 2nd or further pregnancy

 No (reference)

182 (75.2%)

155 (78.3%)

0.30 (NS)

 Yes

57 (23.6%)

38 (19.2%)

1.28 [0.80, 2.04]

  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.