Congenital Clubfoot Prevalence and Folic Acid Supplementation - Five Counties, Shanxi Province, China, 2003-2024.

Authors

Lirong Nie, Yuwei Wu, Lingzhang Wang, Xinyue Lin, Ziyang Ren, Xiao Cheng, Zhiwen Li, Jufen Liu

Published in

China CDC weekly. Volume 8. Issue 28. Pages 886-891. Jul 10, 2026.

Abstract

Congenital clubfoot is a common musculoskeletal deformity and its prevalence varies across regions. In recent years, the overall prevalence of congenital clubfoot among perinatal infants has shown an upward trend in China.
This study demonstrated a significant increasing trend in isolated congenital clubfoot after 2012, whereas non-isolated cases continued to decline in the well-recognized high-prevalence region of birth defects in northern China, highlighting the distinct temporal patterns between congenital clubfoot subtypes.
Continued surveillance is needed to monitor changing patterns of congenital clubfoot subtypes and clarify factors underlying the increase in isolated congenital clubfoot.

PMID:
42553165
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 05 Aug 2026.

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