Factors associated with cleft lip and cleft palate in Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Khon Kaen Hospital

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Napat Bunnag
Suwit Singsorn
Thanasak Chengsuntisuk
Natthapong Thampukdee

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     The objective of this research was to study the epidemiology and factors affected the cleft lip cleft palate among the cleft lip cleft palate patients in the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Khon Kaen Hospital. The study was conducted as a retrospective study. Data were collected among 110 patient records between January 1, 2015, and April 20, 2019. For the results, most patients were male (51.8%). Patients was diagnosis as the cleft lip and palate 54.5%, cleft palate 29.1% and cleft lip 16.4%. The risk factor of the cleft lip was including the gestation less than 37 weeks or more than 41 weeks (ORadj = 5.87, 95% CI: 1.80-19.13, p < 0.01). The risk factor of cleft palate was female gender (ORadj = 4.54, 95% CI: 1.74-11.86, p < 0.01). The risk factor of cleft lip and palate was including male gender (ORadj = 2.65, 95% CI: 1.17-6.02, p < 0.05). For conclusion, gender and the gestation phase affected the cleft lip cleft palate.

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Napat Bunnag, Suwit Singsorn, Thanasak Chengsuntisuk, Natthapong Thampukdee. Factors associated with cleft lip and cleft palate in Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Khon Kaen Hospital. Thai J. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. [Internet]. 2026 Sep. 9 [cited 2026 Nov. 1];36(1):61-9. Available from: https://he02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/thaijoms/article/view/284878
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