Table 2 Frequency of different types of CAs by sex throughout the studied years in the Pediatric University Hospital, Alexandria, Egypt, 2010–2015
Type of CAs | Male | Female | Total | Z test | p value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N = 4029 (70.6%) | N = 1681 (29.4%) | N = 5710 (100%) | ||||||
Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | Frequency | Percent | |||
Digestive system anomalies | 1496 | 37.1 | 672 | 39.9 | 2168 | 38.0 | 2.01 | 0.043* |
Musculoskeletal anomalies | 1453 | 36.1 | 423 | 25.2 | 1876 | 32.9 | 7.99 | 0.000* |
Circulatory system anomalies | 364 | 9.0 | 265 | 15.7 | 629 | 11.0 | 7.40 | 0.000* |
Genetic disorders | 352 | 8.7 | 127 | 7.6 | 479 | 8.4 | 1.46 | 0.141 |
Genitourinary anomalies | 229 | 5.7 | 48 | 2.9 | 277 | 4.8 | 4.53 | 0.000* |
Other CAs | 116 | 2.9 | 124 | 7.4 | 240 | 4.2 | 7.71 | 0.000* |
Multiple anomalies | 19 | 0.5 | 22 | 1.3 | 41 | 0.7 | 3.41 | 0.000* |