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- Title
Similarities and Differences in the Epidemiology of Pyloric Stenosis and SIDS.
- Authors
Lisonkova, Sarka; Joseph, K.
- Abstract
Similar temporal declines in infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) and other common features have led to hypotheses about a shared etiology. We carried out a population-based study to highlight similarities and differences between IHPS and SIDS. We used vital statistics and hospitalization data on all live births in Washington State, USA (1987-2009). Changes in IHPS and SIDS rates over time were quantified using rate ratios with 95 % confidence intervals (CI). The duration between birth and diagnosis of IHPS or SIDS was examined as a function of gestational age at birth. Logistic regression analysis was used to identify risk factors and quantify adjusted temporal trends (2000-2008). Although both IHPS and SIDS rates declined significantly between 1987 and 2008, the patterns and magnitude of the declines (40 and 74 %, respectively) were different. IHPS and SIDS shared risk factors such as maternal smoking and single parent status but other factors showed qualitatively or and quantitatively different associations. Primiparity was a risk factor for IHPS [odds ratio (OR) 1.24, 95 % CI 1.09-1.41], and a protective factor for SIDS (OR 0.44, 95 % CI 0.36-0.55), while male sex had a stronger association with IHPS (OR 4.51, 95 % CI 3.85-5.28 vs 1.36, 95 % CI 1.13-1.64). Both IHPS and SIDS showed significant inverse associations between gestational age at birth and chronologic age at diagnosis/death. IHPS and SIDS share some epidemiologic features and risk factors but other risk factors have qualitatively or quantitatively different effects and recent temporal trends in the two diseases are dissimilar.
- Subjects
SUDDEN infant death syndrome risk factors; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; FISHER exact test; MOTHERS; PYLORIC stenosis; RESEARCH funding; STATISTICS; SUDDEN infant death syndrome; LOGISTIC regression analysis; RELATIVE medical risk; DATA analysis software; ODDS ratio; CHILDREN; DISEASE risk factors
- Publication
Maternal & Child Health Journal, 2014, Vol 18, Issue 7, p1721
- ISSN
1092-7875
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10995-013-1417-4