Survival From Birth Until Young Adulthood Among Individuals With Congenital Heart Defects: CH STRONG.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Limited population-based information is available on long-term survival of US individuals with congenital heart defects (CHDs). Therefore, we assessed patterns in survival from birth until young adulthood (ie, 35 years of age) and associated factors among a population-based sample of US individuals with CHDs.

Methods

Individuals born between 1980 and 1997 with CHDs identified in 3 US birth defect surveillance systems were linked to death records through 2015 to identify those deceased and the year of their death. Kaplan-Meier survival curves, adjusted risk ratios (aRRs) for infant mortality (ie, death during the first year of life), and Cox proportional hazard ratios for survival after the first year of life (aHRs) were used to estimate the probability of survival

SUBMITTER: Downing KF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10544792 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature