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Detailed information on 417 children without CP served as a reference group. Logistic regression analyses were applied to the calculate crude and adjusted odds ratios (OR) for CP with 95% confidence intervals (CI) in addition to attributable fraction (AF). Results: Among children with CP (40.5% girls), 26% had spastic unilateral, 54% bilateral, 13% dyskinetic, 5% ataxic and 2% unclassified CP. Significant risk factors for CP included maternal alcohol consumption during pregnancy (OR 1.7, p = 0.002), maternal hypertension (OR 2.0, p &lt; 0.001), children born to mothers from the rural areas (OR 1.6, p &lt; 0.001), maternal age \u226535 years (OR 0.6, p = 0.018), maternal epilepsy (OR 4.3, p &lt; 0.001), breech delivery (OR 3.1, p = 0.001), home births (OR 6.3, p = 0.001), umbilical cord around neck (OR 2.2, p &lt; 0.001), AVD (OR 3.1, p &lt; 0.001), male gender (OR 1.3, p &lt; 0.001), SGA (OR 1.3, p = 0.027), multiple gestations (OR 1.7, p &lt; 0.001) and hyperbilirubinemia (OR 4.5, p &lt; 0.001). Multivariable analyses showed that the AF of CP was 64% for rural residence (OR 2.8, p = 0.002), 87% for home birth (7.6, p = 0.005), 79% for pre-labor rupture of membrane (OR 4.9, p = 0.001), 66% for breech delivery (OR 2.9, p = 0.002) and 81% for hyperbilirubinemia (OR 5.4, p &lt; 0.001). Conclusions: A combination of factors related to the mother, the delivery and the child were risk factors for CP in Moldova, many of them possibly avoidable. Improved pregnancy and maternity care would potentially reduce the risk of CP. A national CP registry in Moldova is suggested as an opportunity to follow up on these findings.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina57060540","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,5,31]],"date-time":"2021-05-31T01:51:37Z","timestamp":1622425897000},"page":"540","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Risk Factors for Cerebral Palsy in Moldova"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"57","author":[{"given":"Ecaterina","family":"Bufteac Gincota","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Sciences, Oslo Metropolitan University, P.O. 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