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Characteristics Cases (N=87) Controls (N=174) P-value n (%) Gender Male 65 (74.71) 129 (74.14) 0.920 Female 22 (25.29) 45 (25.86) Maternal age <30 55 (63.22) 120 (68.97) 0.352 ≥30 32 (36.78) 54 (31.03) Paternal age <30 24 (27.59) 59 (33.91) 0.301 ≥30 63 (72.41) 115 (66.09) Father’s education ≤9 17 (19.54) 41 (23.56) 0.356 10-12 27 (31.03) 40 (22.99) ≥13 43 (49.43) 93 (53.45) Mother’s education ≤9 39 (44.83) 57 (32.76) 0.161 10-12 19 (21.84) 45 (25.86) ≥13 29 (33.33) 72 (41.38) Family’s income (SR) <6000 39 (44.83) 75 (43.10) 0.795 6000-10000 34 (39.08) 65 (37.36) >10000 14 (16.09) 34 (19.54) Parity (previous births) 0 28 (32.18) 56 (32.18) 0.163 1 13 (14.94) 46 (26.44) 2 14 (16.09) 23 (13.22) ≥3 32 (36.78) 49 (28.16) Maternal smoking Yes 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) - No 87 (100) 174 (100) Maternal DM Yes 4 (4.65) 9 (5.17) 0.856 No 82 (95.35) 165 (94.83) Maternal HTN Yes 10 (11.63) 8 (4.60) 0.036 No 76 (88.37) 166 (95.40) Cesarean Section Yes 34 (39.08) 36 (20.69) 0.002 No 53 (60.92) 138 (79.31) SR - Saudi Riyals, DM - Diabetes mellitus, HTN - Hypertension