Prevalence of vascular disruption anomalies and association with young maternal age: A EUROCAT study to compare the United Kingdom with other European countries.
Joan K MorrisDiana WellesleyElizabeth LimbJorieke Elisabertha Hermina BergmanAgnieszka Kinsner-OvaskainenMarie Claude AddorJennifer M BroughanClara Cavero-CarbonellCarlos M DiasLuis-Javier Echevarría-González-de-GaribayMiriam GattMartin HaeuslerIngeborg BarisicKari KlungsoyrNathalie LelongAnna Materna-KirylukAmanda NevilleVera NelenMary T O'MahonyIsabelle PerthusAnna PieriniJudith RankinAnke RissmannFlorence RougetGeraldine SayersSarah StevensDavid TuckerEster GarnePublished in: Birth defects research (2022)
Vascular disruption anomalies that had an increased risk for younger mothers (such as gastroschisis) had a higher maternal age standardized prevalence in the United Kingdom, while vascular disruption anomalies with weaker associations with younger mothers (such as transverse limb reduction defects) did not have an increased prevalence in the United Kingdom, which may indicate a different etiology for these anomalies.