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Table 2 Racial/ethnic percentages of malformed cases and non-malformed controls, California 1983–86 and 1994–95.

From: 118 SNPs of folate-related genes and risks of spina bifida and conotruncal heart defects

 

Spina Bifida

Conotruncal Heart

 

Cases

n = 259

%2

Controls

n = 359

%2

Cases

n = 214

%2

Controls

n = 2201

%2

Race/Ethnicity

    

White, Hispanic

50.6

31.5

17.8

18.6

White, nonHispanic

35.9

47.4

53.3

61.8

Other

12.0

20.6

26.2

18.6

  1. 1The number of controls born in the period 1983–86 among the 359 selected for the overall study period 1983–86 and 1994–95. The 220 represent the birth years of cases with conotruncal heart defects.
  2. 2Percentages may not equal 100 owing to missing data or rounding.
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