AN ASSESSMENT OF RISK FACTORS FOR CONGENITAL HEART DISEASES IN CHILDREN OF AGE GROUP 0 - 10 YEARS : A CASE CONTROL STUDY

Objective: To investigate the association of maternal diabetes, maternal smoking and syndromes with congenital heart disease (CHD) in patients attending Aljalila cardiology clinic between January 2020 and May of 2020. Methods: A case control study to assess the association of maternal diabetes, maternal smoking and syndromes with CHD. All patients that presented to the clinic between January 2020 and May of 2020 were included. An interviewer administered questionnaire was used to record the presence of maternal diabetes, maternal smoking, and the type of syndrome and type of CHD. Patients with CHD were included in the case group and patients who did not have CHD were in the control group. Age, gender, and nationality were also collected from the hospital records. Fisher exact test and logistic regression was used to analyze the results. Results: A total of 177 cases and 211 controls were recruited. All the risk factors increase the risk of CHD, with maternal diabetes (OR 6.3, 95% CI 2.7-14.6) having the strongest association, then syndromes (OR 5.1, 95% CI 2.3-11.3) and lastly maternal smoking (OR 4.0, 95% CI 1.0-16.3). The most common type of CHD is ventricular septal defect. Conclusion: Maternal diabetes, maternal smoking and syndromes are significant risk factors of CHD in children visiting Aljalila cardiology clinic. Action needs to be taken in order to decrease these risk factors and so, decrease the incidence of CHD in the future. Clearly, more research is needed in order to identify other risk factors for patients in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)

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Environmental Risk Factors for Congenital Heart Disease in the Shandong Peninsula, China: A Hospital-based Case–Control Study

Journal of Epidemiology ◽

10.2188/jea.je20080039 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 19 (3) ◽

pp. 122-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Shiwei Liu ◽

Junxiu Liu ◽

Ji Tang ◽

Jiafen Ji ◽

Jingwu Chen ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Congenital Heart Disease ◽

Heart Disease ◽

Environmental Risk ◽

Congenital Heart ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Case Control ◽

Environmental Risk Factors ◽

Shandong Peninsula ◽

Control Study

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Risk factors for campylobacter infection in infants and young children: a matched case-control study

Epidemiology and Infection ◽

10.1017/s0950268801006306 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 127 (3) ◽

pp. 399-404 ◽

Cited By ~ 85

Author(s):

T. D. TENKATE ◽

R. J. STAFFORD

Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Odds Ratio ◽

Case Control Study ◽

Case Control ◽

Age Group ◽

Matched Case ◽

Campylobacter Infection ◽

Matched Case Control Study ◽

Control Study ◽

Infants And Young Children

Campylobacter infection has one of the highest rates of all the notifiable diseases in Australia, with a peak in children aged 0–35 months. A matched case-control study was conducted to investigate risk factors for campylobacter infection for children in this age group. Eighty-one cases and 144 controls were enrolled in the study that was conducted between 24 January 1996 and 21 January 1997. The following risk factors were found to be independently associated with illness: ownership of pet puppies (adjusted odds ratio [OR] 16·58, 95% confidence interval [CI] 3·73–73·65) and pet chickens (OR 11·80, CI 1·37–101·75), and consumption of mayonnaise (OR 4·13, CI 1·61–10·59). We propose that children aged less than 3 years are at risk of campylobacter infection if residing in a household which has puppies or chickens as pets.

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Clinical profile and outcome of children with congenital heart diseases admitted with acute events in a paediatric tertiary care unit in North Karnataka

International Journal of Contemporary Pediatrics ◽

10.18203/2349-3291.ijcp20212757 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ramaning Loni ◽

Pruthvi Ranganath ◽

Manisha Juvekar ◽

Nitin Tikare ◽

L. H. Bidari ◽

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Keyword(s):

Risk Factors ◽

Congenital Heart ◽

Heart Diseases ◽

Protein Energy Malnutrition ◽

Tertiary Care ◽

Clinical Profile ◽

Congenital Heart Diseases ◽

Age Group ◽

Presenting Symptoms ◽

Co Morbidity

Background: Congenital heart diseases are the predominant causes of paediatric morbidity and mortality. This study was done to know the clinical profile, various acute presentations, and risk factors for repeated hospitalizations and their outcome in children with congenital heart diseases.Methods: This prospective observational study of children in the age group of 0 hour-12 years, who were previously diagnosed and or newly diagnosed with congenital heart diseases.Results: A total of 102 children were present during the study period. The most common age group for congenital heart disease was infancy with 46.1% (47 cases) of children. Acyanotic heart diseases were observed in 73.5% (75 cases) of the total, followed by cyanotic CHD with 14.7% (15 cases), complex CHD with 9.8% (10 cases), and the least, valvular diseases with 2% (2 cases). The most usual presenting symptoms in children with CHDs were breathlessness with 66.7% (67 cases), followed by fever with 54.9% (56 cases) and cough with 48% (49 cases. In this study, 23.5% (24 cases) of the children were completely immunized. The protein-energy malnutrition was present in 51% of cases (52 cases). The 16.7% of them (17 cases) have got the motor developmental delay predominantly. The dysmorphic features were present in 19 cases (18.6%) of total cases. The chest X-ray findings were abnormal in 58.8% (60 cases). The most common risk factor(co-morbidity) in children with CHD was noticed to be anaemia in 43 cases (42.2%).Conclusions: The infancy and early childhood are the most common age group for the presentation of CHDs. Most of them had the associated risk factors (co-morbid) like nutritional anaemia, pneumonia, and failure to thrive.

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