The result of t-test analysis showed a significant decrease in the LR among patients with thyroid abnormality compared with those who had normal thyroid (table 1).
One 2009 study that tracked 900 babies born using frozen eggs found no difference in the rate of birth abnormalities compared with the rate for babies born with fresh eggs.
However, the ovaries of IFN- γ-treated mice contained normal corpus luteum and exhibited no overt histological abnormalities compared with the control group.
In contrast, in the Danish Inter99 study population, with a high prevalence of male smokers, individuals with A1C-defined diabetes were leaner and had a higher prevalence of lipid abnormalities compared with the OGTT group (3).
30 Studies of women exposed to the atomic-bomb radiation and their subsequently conceived offspring have indicated a higher rate of spontaneous abortion, but showed no increase in the risk of major congenital abnormalities compared with the children of women from the general population.
We examined the association between maternal breast cancer and adverse birth outcome in a nationwide cohort and found little difference in the occurrence of preterm birth, low birth weight at term, stillbirth, or congenital abnormalities, compared with the comparison cohort, among newborns of women who were diagnosed with breast cancer before pregnancy.
A previous study showed that the children born in an industrial area with Tl contamination had higher levels of urinary Tl (mean, 5.2 μg/L), and had about a 6-fold higher risk of congenital abnormalities compared with the unexposed children (Dolgner et al. 1983).
The patellar cartilage had the highest prevalence of abnormalities compared with the other compartments, and this corroborates previous studies in athletes [ 35], candidates for cartilage repair surgery [ 36], and controls and subjects who developed frequent knee symptoms over 15 months [ 34].
Participants with pleural abnormalities were more likely to be male and were older, and those who reported frequently playing on waste rock piles had twice the prevalence of pleural abnormalities compared with those who reported never playing there.
bDefinite/severe abnormality compared with none/mild abnormality (reference group).
