Table 1 Maternal risk factors
From: Risk and prognostic factors in patients with congenital encephalocele
Mother age (years) | 25.23 ± 6.07 |
Gestational age | |
Preterm | 5 (16.67%) |
Full term | 25 (83.33%) |
Maternal education | |
> high school | 3 (10.0%) |
< high school | 17 (56.66%) |
Illiterate | 10 (33.33%) |
Residence | |
Rural | 24 (80.0%) |
Urban | 6 (20.0%) |
Family history | 4 (13.33%) |
Folic acid intake during pregnancy | 21 (70.0%) |
Consanguinity | 18 (60.0%) |
History of maternal illness | |
Anemia | 3 (10.0%) |
Antiphospholipid syndrome | 1 (3.33%) |
Epilepsy | 1 (3.33%) |
Urinary tract infection | 1 (3.33%) |
Total | 6 (20%) |
History of maternal drug use during pregnancy | |
Antibiotics | 1 (3.33%) |
Antiepileptic | 1 (3.33%) |
Clexane | 1 (3.33%) |