title: Effect of race and gender on neurological level in myelomeningocele.
abstract: The association of race and gender with different neurological levels of myelomeningocele was studied in 251 patients. Over-all, the white to black ratio was 3.6 and the male to female ratio was 0.86. However, the proportions of whites and females were significantly increased in thoracic-level patients (white to black ratio 13.6, male to female ratio 0.43), whereas the lumbar-level patients had sex and white to black ratios equivalent to the area population. This supports the concept that thoracic-level myelomeningocele has a different pathogenesis from lumbar-level.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill 27599.
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Terry
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: DeMasi
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Herrington
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008591:Meningomyelocele / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D001741:Black or African American