Congenital anomalies: factors associated with maternal age in municipality south Brazil, from 2000 to 2007

• Autor(a) principal: Melo, Willian Augusto de
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Outros Autores: Zurita, Robsmeire Calvo Melo, Uchimura, Taqueco Teruya, Marcon, Sonia Silva
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Revista Eletrônica de Enfermagem
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.ufg.br/fen/article/view/5994
• topic: Congenital abnormalities; Live births; Child mortality; Pediatric Nursing.; Congenital abnormalities; Live births; Child mortality; Pediatric Nursing.; Anomalías congénitas; Nacimiento vivo; Mortalidad en la infancia; Enfermería Pediátrica.; Anomalías congénitas; Nacimiento vivo; Mortalidad en la infancia; Enfermería Pediátrica.; Anomalias congênitas; Nascimento vivo; Mortalidade na infância; Enfermagem Pediátrica.; Anomalias congênitas; Nascimento vivo; Mortalidade na infância; Enfermagem Pediátrica.

Congenital anomalies (CA) constititute important cause of child morbimortality. It was objectified to characterize CA carries residing in the municipality of Maringá in the period between 2000 and 2007 associanting with maternal age. Data were collected from the Information System on Live Births (SINASC) and the Information System on Mortality (SIM). Of the total of births, 246 (0.8%), being 100 (41%) had anomalies of the muscle-skeletal system, 39 (16%) of the central nervous system, 33 (13%) had a cleft palate, 23 cases (9%) of anomalies of the urogenital system and 51 cases (21%) for the chromosomic, digestive, cardiovascular anomalies, head and neck. The mother’s age was used as outcome variable in the attempt to explain the occurrence of the CA and the variable that had presented statistical significance in relation to the mother’s age were: multiple births, marital status, male newborn and Apgar