Open AccessHypospadias in California
Author(s) -
Suzan L. Carmichael,
Gary M. Shaw,
Verne Nelson,
Steve Selvin,
Claudine P. Torfs,
Cynthia J. Curry
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
epidemiology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.901
H-Index - 173
eISSN - 1531-5487
pISSN - 1044-3983
DOI - 10.1097/01.ede.0000091603.43531.d0
Subject(s) - hypospadias , medicine , poisson regression , epidemiology , confidence interval , demography , relative risk , population , odds ratio , gynecology , obstetrics , surgery , environmental health , sociology
The occurrence of hypospadias has been reported to be increasing. The objectives of this study were to extend the literature on the descriptive epidemiology of hypospadias and to determine whether its birth prevalence increased in California in recent years. We used actively ascertained, population-based data for which detailed clinical descriptions permitted careful phenotypic classifications.