Journal article
Maternal periconceptional alcohol consumption and gastroschisis in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2011
Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology, Vol.36(6), pp.782-791
04/18/2022
DOI: 10.1111/ppe.12882
PMCID: PMC9990374
PMID: 35437856
Abstract
Gastroschisis is particularly prevalent among offspring of young women and has increased over recent decades. Although previous studies suggest that maternal alcohol consumption is associated with increased gastroschisis risk, none have explored whether maternal age modifies that association.
The objective of the study was to evaluate associations between self-reported maternal periconceptional alcohol consumption (1 month prior through the third month after conception) and risk of gastroschisis among offspring, by maternal age.
We used data from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study (NBDPS), a multi-site population-based case-control study. The analysis included 1450 gastroschisis cases and 11,829 unaffected liveborn controls delivered during 1997-2011 in ten US states. We estimated adjusted odds ratios (aOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for the individual and joint effects of alcohol consumption and young maternal age at delivery (<25 years vs ≥25 years) on gastroschisis risk. We estimated the relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI) to quantify additive interaction.
Periconceptional alcohol consumption was common regardless of maternal age (women <25 years: cases 38.8%, controls 29.3%; women ≥25: cases 43.5%, controls 39.5%). Compared with women ≥25 years who did not consume alcohol, we observed increased risk of gastroschisis among women <25 years, with higher estimates among those who consumed alcohol (women <25 years who did not consume alcohol: aOR 5.90, 95% CI 4.89, 7.11; women <25 years who did consume alcohol: aOR 8.21, 95% CI 6.69, 10.07). Alcohol consumption among women ≥25 years was not associated with gastroschisis (aOR 1.12, 95% CI 0.88, 1.42). This suggests super-additive interaction between alcohol consumption and maternal age (RERI = 2.19, 95% CI 1.02, 3.36).
Periconceptional alcohol consumption may disproportionately increase risk of gastroschisis among young mothers. Our findings support public health recommendations to abstain from alcohol consumption during pregnancy.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Maternal periconceptional alcohol consumption and gastroschisis in the National Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2011
- Creators
- Sarah C Fisher - Birth Defects Registry, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USAMeredith M Howley - Birth Defects Registry, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York, USAPaul A Romitti - University of IowaTania A Desrosiers - Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USAEthylin Wang Jabs - Department of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USAMarilyn L Browne - Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University at Albany, Rensselaer, New York, USANational Birth Defects Prevention Study
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology, Vol.36(6), pp.782-791
- DOI
- 10.1111/ppe.12882
- PMID
- 35437856
- PMCID
- PMC9990374
- NLM abbreviation
- Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol
- ISSN
- 0269-5022
- eISSN
- 1365-3016
- Grant note
- FOA #DD09-001 / CDC HHS PA #02081 / CDC HHS PA #96043 / CDC HHS FOA #DD13-003 / CDC HHS NOFO #DD18-001 / CDC HHS
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 04/18/2022
- Academic Unit
- Epidemiology; Biostatistics
- Record Identifier
- 9984244594702771
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