Pregnant women profile with children with congenital anomalies in Valencian Region
Objective: To describe pregnant women's profile with children with congenital defects (CD) in Valencian Region and to identify differences in pregnancy outcomes based on the characteristics of pregnant. Method: Cross-sectional epidemiological study. Pregnant women with live births or stillbirth...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2025 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Málaga |
| Repositorio: | r-FISABIO. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:dnet:r-fisabio___::00f310f08a561191e1fe570f3f60d6f8 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://fisabio.portalinvestigacion.com/publicaciones/20452 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Congenital defects Pregnant women Prevalence Population register Public health surveillance |
| Sumario: | Objective: To describe pregnant women's profile with children with congenital defects (CD) in Valencian Region and to identify differences in pregnancy outcomes based on the characteristics of pregnant. Method: Cross-sectional epidemiological study. Pregnant women with live births or stillbirths between 2007-2021 were selected from the CD population-based registry of Valencian Region. Pregnant women were classified by: age (< 35 years and >= 35 years), residence province and birth country. The analysis included general descriptive statistics as well as statistics for each characteristic of the pregnant women and the CD of children. To compare the variables, t test or x(2) test were used. CD prevalence (total and by groups) and its 95% confidence intervals per 10,000 births were calculated for the three characteristics. Results: 12,306 pregnant women were identified. 65.0% were < 35 years, 72.9% born in Spain and 45.7% resided in Valencia province. The highest prevalence of CD children with statistically significant differences was in woman pregnant >= 35 years (194.7/10,000 births), not born in Spain (195.9/10,000 births) and residents in Castellon (245.2/10,000 births). Conclusions: The study highlights the relationship between CD and age, residence, and birth country of pregnant women, and confirmed the CD surveillance is a Public Health challenge. (c) 2025 SESPAS. Published by Elsevier Espana, S.L.U. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
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