Using registry data to suggest which birth defects may be more susceptible to artifactual clusters and trends

Birth Defects Research Part A - Clinical and Molecular Teratology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 798-805

  Langlois, Peter H ^a   Scheuerle, Angela ^b  

^a TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES   (United States)

^b Tesserae Genetics Texas   (United States)

Author keywords

Abnormalities; Clusters; Diagnostic methods; Observer variation; Prevalence studies; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ANENCEPHALUS; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE REGISTRY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SIMULATION; FETAL ALCOHOL SYNDROME; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ARTIFACTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONGENITAL ABNORMALITIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37249042794     PISSN: 15420752     EISSN: 15420760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdra.20407     Document Type: Article

References (31)

1. Aho MO, Koivisto AM, Tammela TLJ, et al. 2003. Geographical differences in the prevalence of hypospadias in Finland. Environ Res 92:118-123.
2. Alderman BW, Fernbach SK, Greene C, et al. 1997. Diagnostic practice and the estimated prevalence of craniosynostosis in Colorado. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 151:159-164.
3. Birth Defects Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch. 2006. Report of Birth Defects Among 1999-2003 Deliveries. Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin. Publication No. 58-12309.
4. Botto LD, Correa A, Erickson JD. 2001. Racial and temporal variations in the prevalence of heart defects. Pediatrics 107:E32.
5. California Birth Defects Monitoring Program. 1997. Investigating Birth Defects In Small Areas: A Protocol. Scientific Foundation Series (Unpublished).
6. Chi LH, Stone DH, Gilmour WH. 1995. Impact of prenatal screening and diagnosis on the epidemiology of structural congenital anomalies. J Med Screening 2:67-70.
7. Fernbach SK, Maizels M, Conway JJ. 1993. Ultrasound grading of hydronephrosis: Introduction to the system used by the Society for Fetal Urology. Pediatr Radio 23:478-480.
8. Forrester MB, Merz RD, Yoon PW. 1998. Impact of prenatal diagnosis and elective termination on the prevalence of selected birth defects in Hawaii. Am J Epidemiology 148:1206-1211.
9. French LR, Jackson IT, Melton LJ. 1990. A population-based study of cra-niosynostosis. J Clin Epidemiol 43:69-73.
10. Grech V. 1999. The evolution of diagnostic trends in congenital heart disease: A population-based study. J Paediatr Child Health 35:387-391.
11. Hobbs CA, Hopkins SE, Simmons CJ. 2001. Sources of variability in birth defects prevalence rates. Teratology 64:S8-S13.
12. Hoffman JI, Kaplan S. 2002. The incidence of congenital heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 39:1890-1900.
13. Johnson KC, Rouleau J. 1997. Temporal trends in Canadian birth defects birth prevalences, 1979-1993. Can J Public Health 88:169-176.
14. Khoury MJ, Erickson JD. 1992. Improved ascertainment of cardiovascular malformations in infants with Down's syndrome, Atlanta, 1968 through 1989. Implications for the interpretation of increasing rates of cardiovascular malformations in surveillance systems. Am J Epidemiol 136:1457-1464.
15. Langlois PH. 2002. High Rates of Certain Cardiovascular Defects Among Deliveries During 1996 and 1997 To Mothers Resident In Texas Public Health Region 11. Texas Birth Defects Monitoring Division, Texas Department of Health (Unpublished).
16. Martin GR, Perry LW, Ferencz C. 1989. Increased prevalence of ventricular septal defect: Epidemic or improved diagnosis. Pediatrics 83:200-203.
17. McGeehin MA, Qualters JR, Niskar AS. 2004. National environmental public health tracking program: Bridging the information gap. Env Health Perspect 112:1409-1413.
18. National Birth Defects Prevention Network. 2006. Birth defects surveillance data from selected states, 1999-2003. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 76:894-958.
19. Paulozzi LJ. 1999. International trends in rates of hypospadias and cryptorchidism. Environ Health Perspect 107:297-302.
20. Peller AJ, Westgate MN, Holmes LB. 2004. Trends in congenital malformations, 1974-1999: Effect of prenatal diagnosis and elective termination. Obstet Gynecol 104:957-964.
21. Pradat P, Francannet C, Harris JA, et al. 2003. The epidemiology of cardiovascular defects, part I: A study based on data from three large registries of congenital malformations. Pediatr Cardiol 24:195-221.
22. Rasmussen SA, Olney RS, Holmes LB, et al. 2003. Guidelines for case classification for the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 67:193-201.
23. Sairam S, Al-Habib A, Sasson S, et al. 2001. Natural history of fetal hydronephrosis diagnosed on mid-trimester ultrasound. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 17:191-196.
24. Salvador J, Borrell A, Lladonosa A. 2005. Increasing detection rates of birth defects by prenatal ultrasound leading to apparent increasing prevalence. Lessons learned form the population-based registry of birth defects of Barcelona. Prenat Diagn 25:991-996.
25. Siffel C, Correa A, Cragan J, et al. 2004. Prenatal diagnosis, pregnancy terminations, and prevalence of Down syndrome in Atlanta. Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 70:565-571.
26. th ed. Ames: Iowa State University Press.
27. Toppari J, Kaleva M, Virtanen HE. 2001. Trends in the incidence of cryptorchidism and hypospadias, and methodological limitations of registry-based data. Hum Reprod Update 7:282-286.
28. Williams LJ, Honein MA, Rasmussen SA. 2002. Methods for a public health response to birth defects clusters. Teratology 66:S50-S58.
29. Wilson PD, Correa-Villasenor A, Loffredo CA, et al. 1993. Temporal trends in prevalence of cardiovascular malformations in Maryland and the District of Columbia, 1981-1988. Epidemiology 4:259-265.
30. Wren C, Richmond S, Donaldson L. 2000. Temporal variability in birth prevalence of cardiovascular malformations. Heart 83:414-419.
31. Zimmer EZ, Avraham Z, Sujoy P, et al. 1997. The influence of prenatal ultrasound on the prevalence of congenital anomalies at birth. Prenat Diagn 17:623-628.