Maternal risk factors and perinatal characteristics of anorectal malformations
Author / Expert
Anna Svenningsson, Anna Gunnarsdottir, Tomas Wester
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Abstract
Purpose
The aim of this study was to assess maternal risk factors and perinatal characteristics of patients with anorectal malformations (ARM) in Sweden.
Methods
Population-based case–control study including all patients with ARM born in Sweden 1973–2014. Patients were identified from the Swedish National Patient Register, and data on possible maternal risk factors and perinatal characteristics were obtained from the Swedish Medical Birth Register. The association between study variables and ARM was analyzed using conditional logistic regression.
Results
1167 patients and 5835 controls were analyzed. Patients with ARM were more often prematurely born (
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