Risk Factor Assessment and a Ten-Year Experience of DDH Screening in a Well-Child Population

Table 3

Distribution of risk factors and clinical findings in the case and control groups (n= 285).

	Case n:57 n (%)	Control n:228 n (%)	p value
Family history of DDH	5 (8.8)	11 (4.8)	0.329
Female sex	40 (70,2)	116 (50,9)	0,009
Breech delivery	9 (15.8)	16 (7.0)	0.036
Multiple pregnancy	5 (8.8)	5 (2.2)	0.030
Oligohydramnios	1 (1.8)	8 (3.5)	0.693
Ortolani maneuver positivity	4 (7.0)	0	0.001
Barlow maneuver positivity	3 (5.3)	0	0.008
Asymmetric thigh or perineal crease	14 (24.6)	58 (25.4)	0.892
Limited hip abduction	27 (47.4)	6 (2.6)	0.001
Congenital muscular torticollis	3 (5.3)	1 (0.4)	0.026
Foot deformities	2 (3.5)	2 (0.9)	0.180

Pearson test. Fisher’s exact test.