The phrase "adjustment by maternal" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It may be intended to refer to adjustments made by a mother or maternal figure, but the phrasing is awkward and unclear.
Example: "The adjustment by maternal influence can significantly affect a child's development."
Alternatives: "adjustment by a mother" or "maternal adjustment".
Adjustment by maternal syphilis made little impact on the effect estimates or statistical significance (data not shown).
Additional adjustment by maternal U-As (30 weeks gestation) did not change the estimates, and adjustment by birth weight only slightly decreased them (~ 15%) (data not shown).
Dr Franceschi queries our interest in the possibility of uneven diagnosis, and suggests that it would be of interest if the effects of adjustment by maternal parity and/or maternal age could be reported.
There was association between maternal asthma and increased risk of wheezing between 7 and 12 months, maintained after adjustment by maternal age and child gender [aOR 3.87 (95%CI 1.24-12.1), p = 0.02].
Maternal asthma was the only prenatal factor associated with wheezing at 24 months [aOR 3.65 (95%CI 1.23-10.8) p = 0.01], after adjustment by maternal age, number of siblings and child birth weight and gender.
Objective: Our objectives were to determine patterns of antenatal Down syndrome screening and risk adjustment by maternal-fetal medicine specialists in the United States in 2001.
Prevalence of use by state of residence was adjusted by maternal race or ethnicity using direct adjustment procedures (Szklo and Nieto, 2007) and the racial or ethnic distribution of all NBDPS comparison mothers combined as the standard population.
The associations persisted with adjustment for confounding by maternal characteristics such as age, race/ethnicity, education, marital status, prenatal care, season and year of conception, urbanization, and median household income at census block group level.
We used multivariable regression analysis of time to hypertension based on the Cox proportional hazards model to estimate relative rates for the association between prenatal DDT exposures and hypertension treated with medication in adulthood, with adjustment for potential confounding by maternal, early-life, and adult exposures.
