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SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES SCIENTIFIC ARTICLES Stomatologija, Baltic Dental and Maxillofacial Journal, 12: 105-8, 2010 Epidemiologic factors causing cleft lip and palate and their regularities of occurrence in Estonia Triin Jagomagi, Marianne Soots, Mare Saag SUMMARY Objectives. To study epidemiological factors causing development of cleft lip and palate and their occurrence regularities. Materials and methods. This study included 583 cleft lip and palate patients and the information for statistical analyses was gathered from Tartu University Hospital. Results. 19% of the patients had a cleft lip (CL), 39% of the patients had a cleft palate (CP), and 42 % of the patients had a cleft lip and palate (CLP). The ratio for different cleft types CL: CLP: CP was 1:2:2. In unilateral CLP and CL cases, the left side was affected 2.2 times more frequently than the right side. Boys had a CLP nearly 2.1 times more often than girls. CP was more common for girls (60%) than for boys (40%). 30% of children had multiple malformations. 2.6% of children with clefts were born premature, half of which had accompanying developmental anomalies. The average birth weight for cleft child was ~ 3400 grams. 6.8% ...
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