Table 2 Distribution of demographic data and risk factors
From: Pattern of congenital heart disease among Egyptian children: a 3-year retrospective study
Demographic/risk factor | Number (n = 1005) | Percentage (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
Sex | Male | 543 | 54 |
Female | 462 | 46 | |
Residency | Urban | 790 | 78.6 |
Rural | 215 | 21.4 | |
Maternal education | Primary | 586 | 58.3 |
Secondary | 150 | 14.9 | |
Illiterate | 269 | 26.8 | |
Maternal occupation | Housewife | 922 | 91.7 |
Manual worker | 72 | 7.2 | |
Desk job | 11 | 1.1 | |
Paternal occupation | Farmer | 187 | 18.6 |
Manual worker | 581 | 57.8 | |
Desk job | 237 | 23.6 | |
Parity | Nulliparous | 339 | 33.7 |
Multiparous | 666 | 66.3 | |
Maternal age at conception (years) | ≤ 19 | 427 | 42.5 |
20-29 | 491 | 48.8 | |
30-34 | 28 | 2.8 | |
> 35 | 59 | 5.9 | |
Consanguinity | 448 | 44.6 | |
Prematurity | 194 | 19.3 | |
Assisted reproduction | 118 | 11.7 | |
Family history of CHD | 93 | 9.2 | |
Abortions | 71 | 7.1 | |
Maternal medical illnesses | Diabetes | 280 | 27.9 |
Bronchial asthma | 146 | 14.5 | |
Hypertension | 74 | 7.4 | |
Epilepsy | 42 | 4.2 | |
Syndromes | Down S | 105 | 10.4 |
Disgorge S | 13 | 1.3 | |
Others | 50 | 5 | |
Extracardiac anomalies | Inguinal hernia | 14 | 1.4 |
Diaphragmatic hernia | 9 | 0.9 | |
Others | 13 | 1.3 | |