Mark R McGivern, Kate E Best, Judith Rankin, Diana Wellesley, Ruth Greenlees, Marie-Claude Addor, Larraitz Arriola, Hermien de Walle, Ingeborg Barisic, Judit Beres, Fabrizio Bianchi, Elisa Calzolari, Berenice Doray, Elizabeth S Draper, Ester Garne, Miriam Gatt, Martin Haeusler, Babak Khoshnood, Kari Klungsoyr, Anna Latos-Bielenska, Mary O'Mahony, Paula Braz, Bob McDonnell, Carmel Mullaney, Vera Nelen, Anette Queisser-Luft, Hanitra Randrianaivo, Anke Rissmann, Catherine Rounding, Antonin Sipek, Rosie Thompson, David Tucker, Wladimir Wertelecki, Carmen Martos
INTRODUCTION: Published prevalence rates of congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) vary. This study aims to describe the epidemiology of CDH using data from high-quality, population-based registers belonging to the European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies (EUROCAT). METHODS: Cases of CDH delivered between 1980 and 2009 notified to 31 EUROCAT registers formed the population-based case series. Prevalence over time was estimated using multilevel Poisson regression, and heterogeneity between registers was evaluated from the random component of the intercept...
March 2015: Archives of Disease in Childhood. Fetal and Neonatal Edition