1. Is the Prevalence of Specific Types of Congenital Heart Defects Different for Non-Hispanic White, Non-Hispanic Black and Hispanic Infants?
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Nembhard, Wendy N., Salemi, Jason L., Tao Wang, Loscalzo, Melissa L., and Hauser, Kimberlea W.
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CONGENITAL heart disease , *INFANT diseases , *MINORITIES , *DISEASE prevalence , *EPIDEMIOLOGY , *DISEASES - Abstract
Background Our purpose was to determine the prevalence of specific types of CHD among non-Hispanic (NH)-Black, NH-White, and Hispanic infants. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study with 9,352 singleton infants diagnosed with conotruncal, right or left obstructive or septal CHDs from the Florida Birth Defects Registry, born 1998–2003 to resident NH-White, NH-Black, and Hispanic women aged 15–49. Defect-specific prevalence rates, prevalence ratios and P-values were calculated for each type of CHD and by number of defects for each racial/ethnic group. Results Compared to NH-Whites, NH-Blacks had higher rates of pulmonary valve atresia/stenosis but lower frequency of aortic valve atresia/stenosis and ventricular septal defect. Hispanics had lower rates of aortic valve atresia/stenosis and atrioventricular septal defects than NH-Whites. Conclusions Although few racial/ethnic differences in prevalence are present among infants with major CHD, observed differences are clinically meaningful. However, the underlying etiologies for the observed differences remain unknown. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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