Time trends in prevalence of gastroschisis in Texas, 1999 to 2011: Subgroup analyses by maternal and infant characteristics

Abstract

This study confirms the increasing prevalence of gastroschisis over the time period 1999 to 2011 in Texas. The results suggest that no population subgroups are experiencing a significantly different increase in gastroschisis prevalence over time than others.

Population‐based birth defects data in the United States, 2012–2016: A focus on abdominal wall defects

“…The overall prevalence estimates presented in this data brief for both gastroschisis and omphalocele are consistent with those previously reported in the literature (Mai et al, ; Springett et al, ; St Louis et al, ; Vo & Langlois, ; Vu et al, ). Variations in prevalence by maternal race/ethnicity, maternal age at delivery, maternal prepregnancy BMI, infant sex, and infant birth weight also largely reflect previously reported estimates (Anderson et al, ; Kirby, ; Kirby et al, ).…”

“…Gastroschisis is one of the few major birth defects with a documented increasing birth prevalence in both resource-limited and resource-rich settings. In fact, the prevalence of gastroschisis has been increasing worldwide for decades (Bugge et al, 2017;Castilla, Mastroiacovo, & Orioli, 2008;Kazaura et al, 2004;Loane, Dolk, Bradbury, & Group, 2007;Whitehall, Kandasamy, Stalewski, & Gill, 2010) as well as in the United States (B. G. Benjamin, Ethen, Van Hook, Myers, & Canfield, 2010;Chabra, Gleason, Seidel, & Williams, 2011;Collins et al, 2007;Hougland, Hanna, Meyers, & Null, 2005;Jones et al, 2016;Kirby et al, 2013;Laughon et al, 2003;Salemi et al, 2009;Salihu, Pierre-Louis, Druschel, & Kirby, 2003;Short et al, 2019;St Louis et al, 2017;Vo & Langlois, 2015;Vu et al, 2008). Reasons for the increasing prevalence in gastroschisis are unknown; however, several risk factors are associated with this defect, especially young maternal age.…”

Abdominal Wall Defects in Greenland 1989–2015

“…; Castilla et al, ; Vu et al, ; Feldkamp et al, ; Kirby et al, ; Feldkamp et al, ; Vo and Longlois, ). To our knowledge, the highest prevalence reported so far in the literature is an average of 5.13 per 10,000 live births in the state of Texas, in the United States, in the 1999 to 2011 period (Vo and Langlois, ), followed by the state of Arkansas, in the United States, with an average of 5.06 per 10,000 in the 1995 to 2005 period (Kirby et al, ) (Table ).…”

“…A young maternal age has been reported as a risk factor for having a baby with gastroschisis (Bugge and Holm, ; Brantberg et al, ; Kazaura et al, ; Bermejo et al, ; Kilby, ; Mastroiacovo et al, ; Castilla et al, ; Vu et al, ; Feldkamp et al, ; Kirby et al, ; Feldkamp et al, , Vo and Langlois, ). In Greenland, there is a high but decreasing occurrence of teenage mothers.…”

“…A documented worldwide increasing prevalence of gastroschisis, but not of omphalocele, has given subject to numerous studies of abdominal wall defects during the last 4 to 5 decades (Lindham, ; Egenæs and Bjerkedal, ; Hemminki et al, ; Bugge and Holm, ; Brantberg et al, ; Kazaura et al, ; Feldkamp et al, ; Kirby et al, ; Feldkamp et al, ; Vo and Langlois, ). Neither the cause of gastroschisis nor the reason for the increasing occurrence is known.…”