evidencegaps
Primary study · included by 1 review

Abnormal brain morphology in patients with isolated cleft lip, cleft palate, or both: a preliminary analysis.

Nopoulos 2000 · Nopoulos P, Berg S, Canady J, et al. · The Cleft palate-craniofacial journal : official publication of the American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association · 2000

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A Review and Meta-Analysis on Altered Brain Structure in Patients Born with Non-Syndromic Cleft Lip and/or Palate.
Non-Cochrane · aetiology · 2026 · cited as Nopoulos 2000 · Table 1; Figure 2
Outcome this study informsPooled effectEvidenceCertainty
Intracranial volume
Presence of NSCL/P (exposure) vs Unaffected healthy controls · Cross-sectional
SMD (Hedges' g) -0.36 [-0.65, -0.08]4 studies · 292 participantsGRADE not reported
Total cerebral volume
Presence of NSCL/P (exposure) vs Unaffected healthy controls · Cross-sectional
SMD (Hedges' g) 0.0 [-0.38, 0.39]4 studies · 347 participantsGRADE not reported
Total cerebellar volume
Presence of NSCL/P (exposure) vs Unaffected healthy controls · Cross-sectional
SMD (Hedges' g) -0.69 [-0.84, -0.53]6 studies · 667 participantsGRADE not reported

1 including review in total.