The Estimated Prevalence of Hypospadias in Hokkaido, Japan

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Journal J Epidemiol

Specialty Public Health

Date 2004 Jul 10

PMID 15242062

Citations 7

Authors

Norie Kurahashi

Masashi Murakumo

Hidehiro Kakizaki

Katsuya Nonomura

Tomohiko Koyanagi

Setsuko Kasai

Fumihiro Sata

Reiko Kishi

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Abstract

Background: Hypospadias is one of the most common congenital anomalies in the world. Recently, increases in the prevalence of hypospadias have been reported in various countries including Japan. In this study, we examined whether the prevalence of hypospadias in Hokkaido, Japan, increased or not, using standardized diagnostic criteria. We also investigated the degree of its severity.

Methods: We calculated prevalence of hypospadias using hospital records of hypospadias repair in Hokkaido. The prevalence from 1985 through 1997 by dividing the number of patients obtained from hospital records by the number of births.

Results: The average prevalence of hypospadias in Hokkaido was 3.9 per 10,000 births, and did not significantly change (p=0.7). The average proportions of distal, proximal and chordee alone were 56.7%, 39.6% and 3.7%, respectively. The decrease in the proportion of the proximal type was statistically significant (p=0.05) for the entire time period, whereas the proportion of the distal type did not have a significant upward trend for the observed 13 years (p=0.1).

Conclusion: No significant changes in the prevalence of hypospadias existed in Hokkaido.

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