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SynthesisThe Pan African medical journal2025

Mapping the burden prevalence of neural tube defects across Indian regions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Urmila Sinha, Shiv Kumar Mudgal, Ajay Kumar Patel, Vipin Patidar, Sanjay Kumar

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Urmila SinhaDepartment of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India.
Shiv Kumar MudgalCollege of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand.
Ajay Kumar PatelDepartment of Anatomy, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India.
Vipin PatidarCollege of Nursing, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand.
Sanjay KumarDepartment of Anesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Deoghar, Jharkhand, India.

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Abstract

Neural tube defects (NTDs) are a major public health concern that greatly raises newborn mortality and morbidity rates. The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to determine the overall prevalence of NTDs across various regions of India. A random-effects model was used to analyze 33 observational studies with a total of 963,577 births from five Indian regions (North, South, East, West, and Central) that were obtained from PubMed, Embase, and Google Scholar. The overall pooled prevalence was found to be 5.05 per 1,000 births (95% CI: 2.68-9.49), with high heterogeneity (I

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Neural Tube DefectsPrenatal CarePublic HealthFemaleFolic AcidHumansIndiaInfant, NewbornObservational Studies as TopicPregnancyPrevalenceUrban PopulationFolic AcidBurdenIndian regionneural tube defectsprevalence

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