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Table 3 Maternal drug intake and associated syndromes

From: Synopsis of congenital cardiac disease among children attending University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital Ituku Ozalla, Enugu

 

Frequency N = 61

Percent

Herbal Drug use (Dogo yaro)

3

4.2

Routine drugs only (Folic acid 1 tab daily and fesolate 1 daily with multivitamins 1 daily) especially at the first trimester

36

50.7

No alcohol use

40

56.3

No smoking

40

56.3

No exposure to Irradiation

38

53.5

Presence of congenital malformation

10

14.1

Type of association

  

VACTERAL associations

3

4.2

Associated syndromes

  

No

37

52.1

Yes

4

5.6

Specific syndrome

  

Down Syndrome

2

2.8

Turner Syndrome

1

1.4