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Table 1 Overview of included articles. Studies from the United States are presented followed by international studies

From: Congenital heart disease in Down syndrome – A review of temporal changes

 

Country or region

Study design

Data source

Year of birth or study period

Study participants with DS (n)

Internal validity / external validity (good, fair, poor)

Bean et al. (2011) [9]

United States; Georgia, New York, Arkansas, Iowa, New Jersey, California

Case-control, population-based

National registry

Born 2001–2004

1097

Good / Good

Bogarapu et al. (2016) [25]

United States; Utah, Idaho

Cohort, population-based

Regional database and medical records

Born 2000–2012

408

Good / Fair

Cleves et al. (2007) [8]

United States; multiple states

Case-control, population-based

National database

Infant discharged 1993–2002

11,372

Good / Good

Cua et al. (2017) [15]

United States; multiple states

Cohort, population-based

National database

Born 2000–2014

5737

Good / Fair

Ferencz et al. (1989) [31]

United States; Maryland, Washington DC, Virginia

Cross-sectional, population-based

Review of records

Enrolled (< 1 year of age) 1981–1986

218

Fair / Fair

Freeman et al. (1998) [13]

United States; Georgia

Cross-sectional, population-based

Regional database

Born 1989–1995

227

Good / Good

Freeman et al. (2008) [10]

United States; Georgia, New York, Arkansas, Iowa, New Jersey, California

Case-control, population-based

National registry, review of records, and parent survey

Born 2000–2004

1469

Good / Good

Greenwood et al. (1976) [27]

United states; Massachusetts

Cohort, single-center

Review of records

Admitted 1962–1973

369

Fair / Fair

Khoury et al. (1992) [14]

United States; Georgia

Repeated cross-sectional, population-based

Regional database

Born 1968–1989

532

Good / Good

McElhinney et al. (2002) [29]

United States; Pennsylvania

Cohort, single-center

Review of records

Neonatal examination 1988–1999

114

Fair / Fair

Park et al. (1977) [32]

United States; Maryland, Pennsylvania

Cohort, two-center

Review of records

Referred to clinics 1964–1972

251

Fair / Fair

Spahis et al. (1999) [30]

United States; Texas

Cohort, single-center

Review of records

Attending clinic 1993–1999

216

Good / Fair

Tandon et al. (1973) [28]

United States; Minnesota

Cross-sectional, single-center

Post mortem examinations

Not reported

55

Poor / Fair

Torfs et al. (1998) [12]

United States; California

Cross-sectional, population-based

Regional database

Born 1983–1993

2894

Good / Good

Torfs et al. (1999) [12]

United States; California

Case-control, population-based

Regional database and interview of mothers

Born 1991–1993

687

Good / Fair

Wells et al. (1994) [26]

United States; Alabama

Case series, single-center

Review of records

Born 1988–1992

102

Good / Good

Ali et al. (2009) [61]

Sudan

Cohort, single-center

Review of records

Attending clinic 2004–2007

80

Poor / Fair

Aynaci et al. (1998) [55]

Turkey

Cohort, single-center

Review of records

Not reported

31

Fair / Fair

Benhaourech et al. (2016) [59]

Morocco

Cohort, single-center

Hospital registry

Diagnosed with DS 2008–2014

128

Fair / Fair

Bergstro et al. (2016) [15]

Sweden

Repeated cross-sectional, population-based

National registry

Born 1992–2012

2588

Good /Good

Bermudez et al. (2015) [39]

Brazil

Cross-sectional and cohort, single-center

Review of records

Attending clinic 2005–2013

1207

Fair / Fair

Boussouf et al. (2017) [58]

Algeria

Case-control, multicenter

Clinical examination and medical history

Enrolled 2009–2010

110

Fair / Fair

Brodwall et al. (2018) [18]

Norway

Cohort, population-based

National registry

Born 1994–2009

1251

Good / Fair

Corona-Rivera et al. (2019) [34]

Mexico

Case-control, single-center

Hospital registry

Born 2009–2018

231

Good / Fair

El-Gilany et al. (2017) [21]

Egypt

Case-control, single-center

Review of records

Born 1992–2016

1720

Good / Fair

Elmagrpy et al. (2011) [60]

Libya

Cross-sectional, single-center

Review of records

Referred to clinic 1995–2008

1193

Good / Fair

Evans et al. (1950) [47]

England

Cross-sectional, single-center

Post mortem examinations

Necropsies 1911–1949

28

Fair / Poor

Irving et al. (2011)

United Kingdom

Cohort, population-based

Regional database

Born 1985–2006

821

Fair / Fair

Jaruratanasirikul et al. (2017) [19]

Thailand

Cohort, population-based

Regional registry and medical examination

Born 2009–2013

153

Good / Fair

Källén et al. (1996) [17]

France, Italy, Sweden

Cross-sectional, population-based

Regional and national registries

Born 1976–1993

5571

Fair / Good

Kim et al. (2014) [24]

Korea

Cross-sectional, population-based

National database

Born 2005–2006

394

Good / Fair

Körten et al. (2016) [41]

Germany

Cohort, population-based

National registry

Born 1950s-post 2000

1549

Good /Fair

Liu et al. (1959) [46]

England

Case series and case-control, single-center

Review of records and post mortem examinations

Admitted to hospital 1944–1958

216

Fair / Poor

Livingstone-Sinclair et al. (2018) [35]

Jamaica

Cohort, single-center

Review of records

Attending clinic 2012–2015

41

Fair / Poor

Matsuo et al. (1972) [56]

Japan

Cross-sectional, single-center

Clinical examination and post mortem examinations

Referred to clinic 1966–1968

106

Fair / Fair

Mokhtar et al. (2001) [22]

Egypt

Case-control, single-center

Review of records and parent survey

Attending clinic 1995–2000

514

Fair / Fair

Morris et al. (2014) [16]

Europe, 28 countries

Repeated cross-sectional, population-based

National and regional registries

Born 2000–2010

7044

Good / Good

Morsy et al. (2016) [49]

Saudi Arabia

Cross-sectional, single-center

Local database

Referred to clinic 2008–2013

302

Fair / Fair

Muntha et al. (2019) [57]

Ethiopia

Cohort, single-center

Review of records

Born 2010–2015

116

Fair / Poor

Narayanan et al. (2014) [52]

India

Cross-sectional, single-center

Clinical examination

Attending clinic 2005–2012

418

Fair / Fair

Nisli et al. (2008) [54]

Turkey

Cross-sectional, single-center

Review of records

Attending clinic 1994–2007

1042

Fair / Fair

Pinto et al. (1990) [44]

Portugal

Cross-sectional, single-center

Review of records

Attending clinic 1970–1987

210

Fair / Fair

Rowe et al. (1961) [33]

Canada

Cohort, single-center

Clinical and post mortem examination

Referred to clinic 1955–1957

174

Fair / Poor

Santoro et al. (2018) [40]

Italy

Cross-sectional, population-based

Regional registry

Born 2003–2015

230

Fair / Fair

Selikowitz et al. (1992) [62]

Australia

Cross-sectional

Parent survey, recruited at conference

Born 1974–1987

204

Poor / Fair

Sica et al. (2015) [38]

Brazil

Cross-sectional, single-center

Review of records

Attending clinic 2011–2012

68

Fair / Fair

Stoll et al. (1998) [45]

France

Case-control, population-based

Regional registry

Born 1979–1996

398

Fair / Fair

Stoll et al. (2001) [42]

Europe; 12 countries

Cross-sectional, population-based

National and regional registries

Registered 1996–1998

239

Good / Good

Tan et al. (2013) [51]

Singapore

Cross-sectional, two-center

Review of records

Born 1996–2010

588

Fair / Fair

Tomlinson et al. (2010) [36]

Jamaica

Cohort, single-center

Hospital registry

Born 1995–2004

76

Fair / Fair

Tubman et al. (1991) [43]

Ireland

Cohort, population based

Clinical examination

Born 1987–1989

81

Fair /Fair

Venugopalan et al. (2003) [53]

Oman

Cross-sectional, single-center

Review of records

Attending clinic 1995–1998

54

Fair / Fair

Vida et al. (2005) [37]

Guatemala

Cross-sectional, single-center

Review of records

Attending clinic 1997–2003

349

Fair / Fair

Weijerman et al. (2010) [23]

The Netherlands

Cohort, population-based

National registry

Born 2003–2006

482

Good / Good

Yaqoob et al. (2019) [50]

Pakistan

Cohort, single-center

Review of records

Attending clinic 2010–2016

350

Poor / Fair

Zahari et al. (2019) [48]

Malaysia

Cohort, two-center

Hospital database and review of records

Born 2006–2015

754

Good / Fair

  1. Year of birth denotes birth of the DS cases included in each study
  2. DS Down syndrome