Hypospadias Prevalence and Trends in International Birth Defect Surveillance Systems, 1980-2010.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypospadias is a common male birth defect that has shown widespread variation in reported prevalence estimates. Many countries have reported increasing trends over recent decades.

Objective

To analyze the prevalence and trends of hypospadias for 27 international programs over a 31-yr period.

Design, setting, and participants

The study population included live births, stillbirths, and elective terminations of pregnancy diagnosed with hypospadias during 1980-2010 from 27 surveillance programs around the world.

Outcome measurements and statistical analysis

We used joinpoint regression to analyze changes over time in international total prevalence of hypospadias across programs, prevalence for each specific program, and prevalence across different degree

SUBMITTER: Yu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7265200 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature