International Journal of Obesity (2010) 34, 1449; doi:10.1038/ijo.2010.108. Correction to: ... 1371â1380; doi:10.1038/ijo.2010.66; published online 6 April 2010.
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CORRIGENDUM Maternal body mass index and congenital anomaly risk: a cohort study J Rankin, PWG Tennant, KJ Stothard, M Bythell, CD Summerbell and R Bell International Journal of Obesity (2010) 34, 1449; doi:10.1038/ijo.2010.108 Correction to: International Journal of Obesity (2010) 34, 1371–1380; doi:10.1038/ijo.2010.66; published online 6 April 2010
characteristics section. The correct table is reproduced below.
After the publication of the article, the authors noticed a couple of minor errors in Table 2, in Fetal
The authors would like to apologize for this mistake.
Table 2
Maternal and fetal characteristics among cases and non-cases Cases (%) N ¼ 682a
Non-cases (%) N ¼ 40 260
Maternal characteristics Maternal age o20 years old 20–29.9 years old X30 years old
Cigarette smoking status None/ex-smoker Current smoker Missing
360 (52.8) 165 (24.2) 157 (23.0)
25 251 (62.7) 9137 (22.7) 5864 (14.6)
Reference 1.28 (1.05–1.57)
0.02
Index of multiple deprivation Tertile 1 (most deprived) Tertile 2 Tertile 3 (most advantaged) Missing
247 214 220 1
(36.2) (31.4) (32.3) (0.2)
13 386 13 375 13 297 194
(33.3) (33.2) (33.0) (0.5)
0.86 (0.71–1.04) Reference 0.95 (0.78–1.16)
Fetal characteristics Sex of infant/fetus Male Female Indeterminate Missing
352 316 9 5
(51.6) (46.3) (1.3) (0.7)
20 498 19 745 8 1
(50.9) (49.1) (0.0) (0.0)
Reference 0.93 (0.80–1.09) 52.62 (19.90–139.81)
o0.001 (0.38c)
Gestational age o24 weeks 24–36 weeks X37 weeks Missing
88 111 483 0
(12.9) (16.3) (70.8) (0.0)
69 2636 34 481 3066
(0.2) (6.6) (85.7) (7.6)
73.52 (52.15–103.65) 2.93 (2.36–3.62) Reference
o0.001
Birth weight o2.5 kg 2.5–3.99 kg X4.0 kg Missing
188 429 54 11
(27.6) (62.9) (7.9) (1.6)
2704 32 697 4828 23
(6.7) (81.2) (12.0) (0.1)
Variable
(4.4) (40.2) (16.6) (15.4) (23.5)
Adjusted odds ratio (95% CI)b
5.18 (4.32–6.20) Reference 0.84 (0.63–1.12)
Adjusted P-valueb
0.68
0.63
0.002
0.28
o0.001
Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; CI, confidence interval. aIncludes those occurring in fetal deaths (420 weeks gestation), terminations of pregnancy for fetal anomaly following prenatal diagnosis and live births. bAdjusted for maternal age, ethnicity, BMI, pre-gestational diabetes, cigarette smoking status and index of multiple deprivation. cComparison between males and females only, that is, excluding those of indeterminate sex.