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Prevalence rate ratios were calculated using Poisson regression to analyze trends over the 7-year study period. The overall prevalence of a major birth defect was 446.3 per 10,000 births (95% CI: 444.0\u2013448.6); 470.9 per 10,000 births (95% CI: 467.6\u2013474.2) for males and 420.2 per 10,000 births (95% CI: 417\u2013423.4) for females. The prevalence rates of the most common birth defects over the study period were; septal defect (138.2 per 10,000; 95% CI: 136.9\u2013139.5), congenital hip dislocation (652 per 10,000; 95% CI: 64.1\u201365.9), and ventricular septal defect (62.62 per 10,000; 95% CI: 61.7\u201363.5). During the study period, a significant increase in the prevalence of a major birth defect was observed with a prevalence rate ratio (PRR) of 1.091. The strongest trend was observed for renal dysplasia, which had a PRR of 1.275 (95% CI: 1.211\u20131.343), and upward trends were observed for urogenital anomalies, such as, renal agenesis (PRR 1.102, 95% CI: 1.067\u20131.138), undescended testis (PRR 1.082, 95% CI: 1.072\u20131.093) and hypospadias (PRR 1.067, 95% CI: 1.044\u20131.090). This study shows an overall increase in the prevalences of birth defects, including hypospadias and undescended testis, which are known to be associated with endocrine factors. In the future, standardized birth defect registries should be established to enable these trends to be monitored.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ijerph15050923","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,7]],"date-time":"2018-05-07T03:12:21Z","timestamp":1525662741000},"page":"923","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":36,"title":["Trends in the Prevalences of Selected Birth Defects in Korea (2008\u20132014)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Jung-Keun","family":"Ko","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dirga Kumar","family":"Lamichhane","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hwan-Cheol","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea"},{"name":"Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jong-Han","family":"Leem","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea"},{"name":"Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, School of Medicine, Inha University, Incheon 22212, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,5,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2018, February 26). 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