Table 4 Association between intellectual disability and craniofacial anomalies (comparison group: children with congenital anomalies but not CFA).

From: Association between craniofacial anomalies, intellectual disability and autism spectrum disorder: Western Australian population-based study

Comparison group (n)

Unadjusteda PR (95% CI) of craniofacial anomalies

Adjusteda PR (95% CI) of craniofacial anomalies

All ID

Mild/moderate ID

Severe ID

All ID

Mild/moderate ID

Severe ID

Other congenital anomalies (28,362)

1.12 (0.95, 1.33)

1.16 (0.97, 1.40)

0.95 (0.59, 1.54)

1.12 (0.94, 1.33)

1.14 (0.94, 1.38)

1.08 (0.67, 1.76)

Nervous system (1290)

0.28 (0.24, 0.34)

0.32 (0.26, 0.39)

0.10 (0.06, 0.17)

0.30 (0.25, 0.37)

0.34 (0.27, 0.42)

0.12 (0.07, 0.20)

Cardiovascular (5168)

0.86 (0.72, 1.02)

0.84 (0.69, 1.02)

0.98 (0.58, 1.67)

0.89 (0.71, 1.04)

0.82 (0.67, 1.01)

1.14 (0.66, 1.96)

Respiratory (170)

0.94 (0.58, 1.52)

1.04 (0.60, 1.80)

0.68 (0.20, 2.29)

0.90 (0.53, 1.52)

0.94 (0.52, 1.69)

1.01 (0.24, 4.33)

Gastrointestinal (2006)

1.28 (1.02, 1.60)

1.35 (1.06, 1.73)

0.98 (0.53, 1.81)

1.36 (1.07, 1.72)

1.40 (1.08, 1.82)

1.19 (0.64, 2.24)

Musculoskeletal (6716)

1.30 (1.08, 1.56)

1.33 (1.09, 1.63)

1.10 (0.65, 1.85)

1.15 (0.95, 1.40)

1.17 (0.95, 1.45)

1.05 (0.62, 1.78)

Urogenital (9028)

1.81 (1.51, 2.18)

1.78 (1.46, 2.18)

2.54 (1.46, 4.45)

1.94 (1.60, 2.35)

1.88 (1.52, 2.32)

2.88 (1.64, 5.04)

Integument (2368)

2.60 (2.00, 3.38)

2.59 (1.95, 3.45)

3.73 (1.61, 8.62)

2.21 (1.68, 2.90)

2.17 (1.61, 2.92)

3.52 (1.52, 8.13)

Chromosomal (418)

0.17 (0.14, 0.21)

0.16 (0.13, 0.20)

0.08 (0.05, 0.15)

0.16 (0.13, 0.20)

0.15 (0.12, 0.18)

0.09 (0.05, 0.15)

  1. PR prevalence ratio, ID intellectual disability, CI confidence interval.
  2. aAdjusted for sex, mother’s age, race, socioeconomic disadvantage, remoteness, parity, plurality, birth weight and gestational age.