Moderate altitude as a risk factor for isolated congenital malformations. Results from a case-control multicenter-multiregional study.

Blanca Rebeca Ibarra-IbarraLeonora Luna-MuñozOsvaldo M Mutchinick Jazmín Arteaga-Vázquez

Published in: Birth defects research (2024)

Our findings provide evidence that moderate altitudes as higher altitudes are an associated risk or protective factor to some isolated congenital malformations, suggesting a possible gradient effect.

Keyphrases

case control
high intensity
clinical trial