Research Article
Implementing the Brazilian Database on Orofacial Clefts
Table 2
Distribution of subjects according to type of clefts with regard to gender, cleft’s severity and laterality, and presence of additional defects.
| | Variable | CLP | CL | CP | Total | |
| | Number of cases (%) | 198 (53.5) | 73 (19.7) | 99 (26.8) | 370 (100) | | | Gender | | | | | 0.0001 | | Male | 137 (69) | 39 (53) | 43 (43) | 219 (59) | | | Female | 61 (31) | 34 (47) | 56 (57) | 151 (41) | | | Severity | | | | | 0.0002 | | Unilateral | 120 (60) | 62 (85) | — | 182 (67) | | | Bilateral | 78 (40) | 11 (15) | — | 89 (33) | | | Laterality | | | | | 0.0001 | | Unilateral left | 85 (70) | 41 (66) | — | 126 (69) | | | Unilateral right | 35 (30) | 21 (34) | — | 56 (31) | | | Additional minor defects | | | | | 0.193 | | Yes | 87 (44) | 26 (36) | 49 (49) | 162 (44) | | | No | 111 (56) | 47 (64) | 50 (51) | 208 (56) | | | Additional major defects | | | | | 0.003 | | Yes | 41 (21) | 6 (8) | 29 (29) | 76 (21) | | | No | 157 (79) | 67 (92) | 70 (71) | 294 (79) | |
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