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spelling Long term trends in prevalence of neural tube defects in Europe: population based studyNeural Tube DefectFolic AcidTrendsPrevalenceCongenital AnomaliesPrenatal DiagnosisPrevention and ControlFetal DeathDietary SupplementsPregnancyEuropePortugalEuropean Surveillance of Congenital AnomaliesNacional Registry of Congenital AnomaliesEUROCATRENACEstados de Saúde e de DoençaDeterminantes da Saúde e da DoençaComment in: Mills JL, Dimopoulos A. Folic acid fortification for Europe? BMJ. 2015 Nov 24;351:h6198. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h6198.Study question: What are the long term trends in the total (live births, fetal deaths, and terminations of pregnancy for fetal anomaly) and live birth prevalence of neural tube defects (NTD) in Europe, where many countries have issued recommendations for folic acid supplementation but a policy for mandatory folic acid fortification of food does not exist? Methods: This was a population based, observational study using data on 11 353 cases of NTD not associated with chromosomal anomalies, including 4162 cases of anencephaly and 5776 cases of spina bifida from 28 EUROCAT (European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies) registries covering approximately 12.5 million births in 19 countries between 1991 and 2011. The main outcome measures were total and live birth prevalence of NTD, as well as anencephaly and spina bifida, with time trends analysed using random effects Poisson regression models to account for heterogeneities across registries and splines to model non-linear time trends. Summary answer and limitations: Overall, the pooled total prevalence of NTD during the study period was 9.1 per 10 000 births. Prevalence of NTD fluctuated slightly but without an obvious downward trend, with the final estimate of the pooled total prevalence of NTD in 2011 similar to that in 1991. Estimates from Poisson models that took registry heterogeneities into account showed an annual increase of 4% (prevalence ratio 1.04, 95% confidence interval 1.01 to 1.07) in 1995-99 and a decrease of 3% per year in 1999-2003 (0.97, 0.95 to 0.99), with stable rates thereafter. The trend patterns for anencephaly and spina bifida were similar, but neither anomaly decreased substantially over time. The live birth prevalence of NTD generally decreased, especially for anencephaly. Registration problems or other data artefacts cannot be excluded as a partial explanation of the observed trends (or lack thereof) in the prevalence of NTD. What this study adds: In the absence of mandatory fortification, the prevalence of NTD has not decreased in Europe despite longstanding recommendations aimed at promoting peri-conceptional folic acid supplementation and existence of voluntary folic acid fortification.The study was funded by the European Public Health Commission, EUROCAT Joint Action 2011-2013. HD and ML received support from the European Commission DG Sanco during the conduct of this study.BMJ Publishing GroupRepositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de SaúdeKhoshnood, BabakLoane, MariaWalle, Hermien deArriola, LarraitzAddor, Marie-ClaudeBarisic, IngeborgBeres, JuditBianchi, FabrizioDias, Carlos MatiasDraper, ElizabethGarne, EsterGatt, MiriamHaeusler, MartinKlungsoyr, KariLatos-Bielenska, AnnaLynch, CatherineMcDonnell, BobNelen, VeraNeville, Amanda J.O’Mahony, Mary T.Queisser-Luft, AnnetteRankin, JudithRissmann, AnkeRitvanen, AnnukkaRounding, CatherineSipek, AntoninTucker, DavidVerellen-Dumoulin, ChristineWellesley, DianaDolk, Helen2016-02-17T18:06:47Z2015-10-142015-10-14T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.18/3396engBMJ. 2015 Nov 24;351:h5949. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h59490959-813810.1136/bmj.h5949info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-07-20T15:39:45Zoai:repositorio.insa.pt:10400.18/3396Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T18:38:14.813427Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Long term trends in prevalence of neural tube defects in Europe: population based study
title Long term trends in prevalence of neural tube defects in Europe: population based study
spellingShingle Long term trends in prevalence of neural tube defects in Europe: population based study
Khoshnood, Babak
Neural Tube Defect
Folic Acid
Trends
Prevalence
Congenital Anomalies
Prenatal Diagnosis
Prevention and Control
Fetal Death
Dietary Supplements
Pregnancy
Europe
Portugal
European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies
Nacional Registry of Congenital Anomalies
EUROCAT
RENAC
Estados de Saúde e de Doença
Determinantes da Saúde e da Doença
title_short Long term trends in prevalence of neural tube defects in Europe: population based study
title_full Long term trends in prevalence of neural tube defects in Europe: population based study
title_fullStr Long term trends in prevalence of neural tube defects in Europe: population based study
title_full_unstemmed Long term trends in prevalence of neural tube defects in Europe: population based study
title_sort Long term trends in prevalence of neural tube defects in Europe: population based study
author Khoshnood, Babak
author_facet Khoshnood, Babak
Loane, Maria
Walle, Hermien de
Arriola, Larraitz
Addor, Marie-Claude
Barisic, Ingeborg
Beres, Judit
Bianchi, Fabrizio
Dias, Carlos Matias
Draper, Elizabeth
Garne, Ester
Gatt, Miriam
Haeusler, Martin
Klungsoyr, Kari
Latos-Bielenska, Anna
Lynch, Catherine
McDonnell, Bob
Nelen, Vera
Neville, Amanda J.
O’Mahony, Mary T.
Queisser-Luft, Annette
Rankin, Judith
Rissmann, Anke
Ritvanen, Annukka
Rounding, Catherine
Sipek, Antonin
Tucker, David
Verellen-Dumoulin, Christine
Wellesley, Diana
Dolk, Helen
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Walle, Hermien de
Arriola, Larraitz
Addor, Marie-Claude
Barisic, Ingeborg
Beres, Judit
Bianchi, Fabrizio
Dias, Carlos Matias
Draper, Elizabeth
Garne, Ester
Gatt, Miriam
Haeusler, Martin
Klungsoyr, Kari
Latos-Bielenska, Anna
Lynch, Catherine
McDonnell, Bob
Nelen, Vera
Neville, Amanda J.
O’Mahony, Mary T.
Queisser-Luft, Annette
Rankin, Judith
Rissmann, Anke
Ritvanen, Annukka
Rounding, Catherine
Sipek, Antonin
Tucker, David
Verellen-Dumoulin, Christine
Wellesley, Diana
Dolk, Helen
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório Científico do Instituto Nacional de Saúde
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Khoshnood, Babak
Loane, Maria
Walle, Hermien de
Arriola, Larraitz
Addor, Marie-Claude
Barisic, Ingeborg
Beres, Judit
Bianchi, Fabrizio
Dias, Carlos Matias
Draper, Elizabeth
Garne, Ester
Gatt, Miriam
Haeusler, Martin
Klungsoyr, Kari
Latos-Bielenska, Anna
Lynch, Catherine
McDonnell, Bob
Nelen, Vera
Neville, Amanda J.
O’Mahony, Mary T.
Queisser-Luft, Annette
Rankin, Judith
Rissmann, Anke
Ritvanen, Annukka
Rounding, Catherine
Sipek, Antonin
Tucker, David
Verellen-Dumoulin, Christine
Wellesley, Diana
Dolk, Helen
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Neural Tube Defect
Folic Acid
Trends
Prevalence
Congenital Anomalies
Prenatal Diagnosis
Prevention and Control
Fetal Death
Dietary Supplements
Pregnancy
Europe
Portugal
European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies
Nacional Registry of Congenital Anomalies
EUROCAT
RENAC
Estados de Saúde e de Doença
Determinantes da Saúde e da Doença
topic Neural Tube Defect
Folic Acid
Trends
Prevalence
Congenital Anomalies
Prenatal Diagnosis
Prevention and Control
Fetal Death
Dietary Supplements
Pregnancy
Europe
Portugal
European Surveillance of Congenital Anomalies
Nacional Registry of Congenital Anomalies
EUROCAT
RENAC
Estados de Saúde e de Doença
Determinantes da Saúde e da Doença
description Comment in: Mills JL, Dimopoulos A. Folic acid fortification for Europe? BMJ. 2015 Nov 24;351:h6198. doi: 10.1136/bmj.h6198.
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