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Table 4 Participant’s response on risk factors for congenital anomaly: Results from multivariable analysis-adjusted for substance abuse/behavioral, parental, and environmental factors, maternal illness, iron folate/folic acid, multivitamin, and vegetable use variables, Addis Ababa and the Amhara Region, Ethiopia, 2016

From: Factors associated with congenital anomalies in Addis Ababa and the Amhara Region, Ethiopia: a case-control study

Characteristics

Cases

Controls

COR

AOR

95% CI

P-value

lower

upper

Number

%

Number

%

Iron folate/folic acid use

Yes

2

1

22

10.6

0.082

0.051

0.010

0.260

< 0.001

No

205

99

185

89.4

1Ref

    

Unidentified medication use

Yes

35

16.9

8

3.9

5.062

4.595

1.868

11.301

0.001

No

172

83.1

199

96.1

1

    

Drank alcohol (daily, occasionally and 1-3times in a week)

Yes

49

23.7

18

8.7

3.256

2.394

1.212

4.726

0.012

No

158

76.3

189

91.3

1

    

Exp. to chemical (mother)

Yes

13

6.3

1

0.5

13.804

9.964

1.238

80.193

0.031

No

194

93.7

206

99.5

1

    

Contraceptive use

Yes

24

11.6

5

2.4

5.298

4.840

1.647

14.224

0.004

No

183

88.4

202

97.6

1

    

Blood relationship between child parents

Yes

10

4.8

2

1

5.203

6.234

0.959

40.521

0.055

No

197

95.2

205

99

1

    

Family history

Yes

9

4.3

3

1.4

3.091

3.397

0.862

13.393

0.081

No

198

95

204

98.6

1

    

Vegetable Serving

Yes

139

67.1

164

79.2

0.536

0.644

0.392

1.059

0.083

No

68

32.9

43

20.8

1

    

Maternal illness

Yes

24

11.6

13

6.3

1.957

2.025

0.903

4.54

0.087

No

183

88.4

194

93.7

1

    

Exp. to radiation before conception (child father)

Yes

7

3.4

2

1

3.587

6.838

0.741

63.109

0.090

No

200

96.6

205

99

1

    
  1. Exp exposure, COR crude odds ratio, AOR adjusted odds ratio, CI confidence interval, Ref reference