Study | Country Study period Study design |
Data source | Exposure definition | Non-exposure definition | Exposition period | Sample size (exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control) |
Remarks | Risk of bias |
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Study | Country Study period Study design |
Data source | Case | Control | Exposition | Exposition period | Sample size (exposed/unexposed) Or (case / control) |
Remarks | Risk of bias |
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Carter 2008 |
USA 1997 - 2003 case control |
National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS), USA | Cases with selected birth defects (included live births, stillbirths 20 weeks or longer or greater than 500 g, or elective terminations). | Live births without birth defects that were randomly selected from birth certificates or birth hospitals in the geographic regions monitored by the state surveillance systems. | Structured maternal interviews were conducted mainly by telephone in English or Spanish no later than 24 months after the expected date of delivery (EDD) to obtain data on maternal exposures during pregnancy. | 1st trimester | 12274 / 4774 | ||
Cases and controls were identified by the birth defects surveillance systems in 10 states of USA. Medical records were obtained for all cases and reviewed by clinical geneticists. |
Risk of bias: : NA; : low; : moderate; : serious; : critical; : unclear;