[A case-control study on cerebral palsy in children].
OBJECTIVE
To identify the risk factors for cerebral palsy (CP) in children.


METHODS
A population-based 1:2 matched case-control study was conducted during May to June 1997 in southern Jiangsu Province of China.


RESULTS
Risk factors for CP in children could be summarized into four categories, i.e.; (1) fetal growth retardation, preterm delivery and low birth weight; (2) asphyxia at birth, intracranial hemorrhage, ischemic and hypoxic encephalopathy and hyperbilirubinemic encephalopathy; (3) delivery with vaccum suction and traumatic brain injury; and (4) other prenatal factors.


CONCLUSIONS
The first and second categories of risk factors correlated strongly and reproducibly with CP in children. It is emphasized that antenatal care be enforced to prevent occurrence of risk factors, such as low birth weight, etc., and the newborns with asphyxia be vigorously rescued and put under close supervision. For risk factors in the third category, the key measures should be obstetric practice and health education for the parents. But, little about the knowledge of the risk factors in the fourth category has been understood, which could be associated with those in the first two categories.
Liu
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National Center for Maternal and Infant Health, Beijing Medical University, Beijing 100083.
Li
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Lin
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Zhao
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Zhao
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Hong
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Zheng
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Ji
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Huhe
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Li
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D001238:Asphyxia Neonatorum / Q000150:complications; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002547:Cerebral Palsy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005317:Fetal Growth Retardation / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D007752:Obstetric Labor, Premature / Q000150:complications; D011247:Pregnancy; D012307:Risk Factors