Sentences with phrase «with birth defects compared»

The studies showed that not only has mountaintop removal permanently destroyed more than 500 Appalachian mountains, but people living near the destruction are 50 % more likely to die of cancer and 42 % more likely to be born with birth defects compared with other people in Appalachia.

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In the most comprehensive analysis, conducted in Iowa, the Public Health Services Congenital Anomalies Section (a predecessor of the Birth Defects Branch) compared 1963 birth certificates with hospital recBirth Defects Branch) compared 1963 birth certificates with hospital recbirth certificates with hospital records.

Most broad population studies comparing lab workers with nonlab workers show little overall increase in the risk of pregnancy complications or birth defects, although one study showed a tendency toward low birth weights and shorter gestational lengths in cases where either parent worked in a chemical factory.

However, children with Down syndrome were not at an increased risk compared to children with no birth defects.

Lead author Melissa Danielson, MSPH, a statistician with the CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, said findings that children in foster care experience high rates of ADHD along with other, simultaneous behavioral disorders as compared to their peers in Medicaid shows a substantial need for medical and behavioral services within this group.

Poisson regression models that control for covariates compare birth defect prevalence rates associated with maternal residence in county mining type: mountaintop mining areas, other mining areas, or non-mining areas.

The offspring whose fathers had insufficient folate had an increased number of birth defects compared to the group with sufficient paternal folate.

O'Leary and colleagues identified that there was a significantly increased risk of birth defects and intellectual disability in children whose mother received an alcohol - related diagnosis during pregnancy, compared with children whose mothers received a diagnosis at other time points.23 28 However, the results of the current study suggest that the relationship between exposure and attendance may not be driven by the biological effects of in utero alcohol exposure alone.