including demographic factors, prenatal care, maternal health, and infant characteristics. Some of the socioeconomic indicators were significantly associated with the risk of cleft lip/cleft palate.

The study also confirmed some known risk factors for cleft palate or lip. Notably, male sex, first-trimester smoking, and maternal gestational ... and clefts, and lead to better public health ...

Pregnant women's workplace exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) is associated with an increased risk for their babies having cleft lip ... maternal illnesses, and other factors ...

Cleft lip and cleft palate are structural abnormalities that form during fetal development. Without treatment, a cleft can make speaking and eating difficult and lead to various other challenges.

A cleft lip or palate arises from the combined effects of genes and inflammatory risk factors experienced during pregnancy, such as smoking or infections, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Four genes have been identified which work together to cause cleft ... how these factors impact a child's risk of being born with cleft lip and palate. He hopes his research will lead to ...

It is possible that the effect of some predisposing genes will be observed only if analyzed in conjunction with other loci or with environmental factors. We can consider the maternal genotype as ...

After adjusting for smoking and other confounding factors, the researchers found that folic acid supplements reduced the risk of cleft lip by 40 percent ... South Africa’s leading news and ...

Deficiency of Vitamin B and folic acid in maternal diet is one of the commonly associated causes of cleft lip and palate in newborns ... pregnancy may lower the risk of the birth deffect, they ...

Cleft lip and cleft ... tissues that form the lip or the roof of the mouth do not join completely, are believed to be caused by a mix of genetic and environmental factors. In a new study, MIT ...