Prevalence of latent structural heart disease in Nepali schoolchildren.
CHD
prevalence
rheumatic heart disease
Journal
Cardiology in the young
ISSN: 1467-1107
Titre abrégé: Cardiol Young
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9200019
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2022
Jul 2022
Historique:
pubmed:
5
11
2021
medline:
14
7
2022
entrez:
4
11
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
The present study aimed to quantify the burden of structural heart disease in Nepali children. We performed a school-based cross-sectional echocardiographic screening study with cluster random sampling among children 5-16 years of age. Between December 2012 and January 2019, 6573 children (mean age 10.6 ± 2.9 years) from 41 randomly selected schools underwent echocardiographic screening. Structural heart disease was detected in 14.0 per 1000 children (95% CI 11.3-17.1) and was congenital in 3.3 per 1000 (95% CI 2.1-5.1) and rheumatic in 10.6 per 1000 (95% CI 8.3-13.4). Rates of rheumatic heart disease were higher among children attending public as compared to private schools (OR 2.8, 95% CI 1.6-5.2, p = 0.0001). Rheumatic heart disease accounted for three out of four cases of structural heart disease and was more common among children attending public as compared to private schools.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
The present study aimed to quantify the burden of structural heart disease in Nepali children.
METHODS
METHODS
We performed a school-based cross-sectional echocardiographic screening study with cluster random sampling among children 5-16 years of age.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Between December 2012 and January 2019, 6573 children (mean age 10.6 ± 2.9 years) from 41 randomly selected schools underwent echocardiographic screening. Structural heart disease was detected in 14.0 per 1000 children (95% CI 11.3-17.1) and was congenital in 3.3 per 1000 (95% CI 2.1-5.1) and rheumatic in 10.6 per 1000 (95% CI 8.3-13.4). Rates of rheumatic heart disease were higher among children attending public as compared to private schools (OR 2.8, 95% CI 1.6-5.2, p = 0.0001).
CONCLUSION
CONCLUSIONS
Rheumatic heart disease accounted for three out of four cases of structural heart disease and was more common among children attending public as compared to private schools.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34732274
pii: S1047951121004479
doi: 10.1017/S1047951121004479
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
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