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Table 3 Adjusted odds ratios for the associations between average shower length and risk for gastroschisis among maternal subgroups, National Birth Defects Prevention Study, USA, 2000-2007

From: A case–control study of maternal bathing habits and risk for birth defects in offspring

Strata

N (%)

aORa

95% CI

Maternal age

   

Age <20

   

 <15 minutes

83 (27.0)

1.00

 

 ≥15 minutes

225 (73.1)

1.00

0.68-1.46

Age ≥20

   

 <15 minutes

152 (31.0)

1.00

 

 ≥15 minutes

339 (69.0)

1.59

1.28-1.99

Maternal Body mass index

   

Underweight

   

 <15 minutes

19 (26.8)

1.00

 

 ≥15 minutes

52 (73.2)

0.96

0.46-2.02

Normal weight

   

 <15 minutes

164 (30.4)

1.00

 

 ≥15 minutes

376 (69.6)

1.42

1.13-1.79

Overweight or obese

   

 <15 minutes

47 (28.0)

1.00

 

 ≥15 minutes

121 (72.0)

1.56

1.06-2.30

Maternal race/ethnicity

   

White

   

 <15 minutes

137 (33.7)

1.00

 

 ≥15 minutes

269 (66.3)

1.49

1.16-1.91

Black

   

 <15 minutes

25 (40.3)

1.00

 

 ≥15 minutes

37 (59.7)

1.29

0.71-2.34

Hispanic

   

 <15 minutes

56 (22.0)

1.00

 

 ≥15 minutes

199 (78.0)

1.09

0.74-1.61

Other

   

 <15 minutes

16 (21.3)

1.00

 

 ≥15 minutes

59 (78.7)

1.63

0.76-3.51

Maternal education

   

<High school

   

 <15 minutes

65 (28.0)

1.00

 

 ≥15 minutes

167 (72.0)

1.11

0.75-1.64

High school

   

 <15 minutes

88 (27.8)

1.00

 

 ≥15 minutes

299 (72.2)

1.25

0.92-1.71

>High school

   

 <15 minutes

81 (32.7)

1.00

 

 ≥15 minutes

167 (67.3)

1.81

1.33-2.46

  1. Abbreviations: OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval.
  2. aAdjusted for surveillance center and maternal age, body mass index, education, race/ethnicity, income, parity, folic acid use, smoking, and season of conception; analyses stratified by body mass index, race/ethnicity, and education, were not adjusted for body mass index, race/ethnicity, and education, respectively.