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Alternative Title:
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol
Personal Author:
Dawson, April L. ; Tinker, Sarah C. ; Jamieson, Denise J. ; Hobbs, Charlotte A. ; Rasmussen, Sonja A. ; ... More +
Dawson, April L. ; Tinker, Sarah C. ; Jamieson, Denise J. ; Hobbs, Charlotte A. ; Rasmussen, Sonja A. ; Reefhuis, Jennita Less -
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National Birth Defects Prevention Study
Description:
Background

Our objective was to evaluate associations between twinning and maternal demographic factors and periconceptional exposures among infants with and without orofacial clefts.

Methods

We used data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study; 228 twins and 8,242 singletons without birth defects (controls), and 117 twins and 2,859 singletons with orofacial clefts, born 1997–2007, were included in the analyses. Because of the occurrence of twinning due to the use of assisted reproductive technologies, logistic regression models were computed to estimate odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for each exposure, stratified by fertility treatment use. To evaluate factors by zygosity, we used sex-pairing data and a simulation approach to estimate the zygosity of like-sex twin pairs for unassisted conceptions.

Results

Among control mothers who did not use fertility treatments, predictors of twinning included non-Hispanic black maternal race (adjusted OR: 1.6, 95% CI: 1.0–2.4), and tobacco smoking (1.6, 1.1–2.4). Among control mothers who used fertility treatments, older maternal age, higher income, and state of residence were associated with twinning. Associations were generally stronger among mothers of dizygotic (estimated) twins than monozygotic (estimated) twins. Results for mothers of infants with isolated orofacial clefts were similar to those of controls.

Conclusion

We observed an increased twinning frequency with increasing maternal age, but factors such as maternal race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status may also contribute. Among women receiving fertility treatments, factors associated with twinning suggested a relation with treatment specifics (e.g., treatment type and number of embryos implanted) and availability of insurance coverage.


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Adult Black Or African American Brain Case-Control Studies Cleft Lip Cleft Palate Female Health Surveys Hispanic Or Latino Humans Income Insurance, Health Logistic Models Male Maternal Age Odds Ratio Pregnancy Reproductive Techniques, Assisted Retrospective Studies Smoking Twins, Dizygotic Twins, Monozygotic White
Source:
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol. 103(2):85-99.
Pubmed ID:
25359509
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC4382674
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; FOA DD09-001/DD/NCBDD CDC HHS/United States
CC999999/Intramural CDC HHS/United States ; FOA DD09-001/DD/NCBDD CDC HHS/United States Less -
Place as Subject:
United States
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CDC Public Access
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urn:sha256:03b528dbcbb0674f6c49618fd34f081632604ceda0034fd9fd65c865ee49c166
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https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/30354/cdc_30354_DS1.pdf
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