Abstract

ALMAGUER SABINA, Pilar; FONSECA HERNANDEZ, Mercedes; ROMEO ESCOBAR, Margarita  and  CORONA MARTINEZ, Luis A.. Comportamiento de algunos factores de riesgo para malformaciones congénitas en la barriada de "San Lázaro". Rev Cubana Pediatr [online]. 2002, vol.74, n.1, pp. 44-49. ISSN 1561-3119.

The behaviour of some risk factors of congenital malformations in "San Lázaro" neighbourhood, whose population is taken care of by "Octavio de la Concepción y de la Pedraja" teaching polyclinics in Cienfuegos province, was determined. For this purpose, a case-control study was performed in which 20 malformed children composed the study group and 20 children without malformations made up the control group. The frequency of some risk factors in both groups as well as the level of association of factors and malformations were analyzed. Almost all the risk factors were more frequently found in the group of children with congenital malformations; the factors that show a significant statistical association were family history (OR 11), body weight disturbances (OR 5,67), consumption of medicines (OR 6) and traumas (OR 12,67). Anemia in pregnancy and coffee ingestion were highly frequent factors but in both groups. It was proved that there was a strong association of family history of malformations and alterations in mother’s body weight with the presence of congenital malformations in the studied infantile population.

Keywords : ABNORMALITIES [epidemiology]; RISK FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES.