Developmental dysplasia of the hip incidence in Ethiopian Jews revisited: 7-year prospective study.
We describe the sonographic and true incidence of developmental dysplasia of the hip among Ethiopian Jews compared with the general Israeli population. Previous results were based on a small number of Jewish Ethiopian children; this study is based on over 7 years of experience, during which 34,048 newborns, 768 of whom were Ethiopian, were examined clinically and sonographically. The incidence of sonographic developmental hip dysplasia was 5.5% in the general Israeli population, compared with 1.24% for the Ethiopian Jews. True developmental hip dysplasia incidence for Arabs and other Jews was 0.51%, as compared with 0.15% in the Ethiopians. Our data support the theory that either a single unknown gene or a multiple gene system plays a major role in the incidence of the dysplasia.
Eidelman
Mark
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Pediatric Orthopedics Unit, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel.
Chezar
Avram
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Bialik
Viktor
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D018912:Arabs / Q000235:genetics; D001915:Braces; D002370:Casts, Surgical; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005002:Ethiopia / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D007585:Jews / Q000235:genetics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D015997:Neonatal Screening; D011159:Population Surveillance; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014463:Ultrasonography