Effect of consanguinity on birth defects in Saudi women; results from a nested case-control study
| Autor: | Majeed-Saidan, Muhammad Ali, Ammari, Amer N, AlHashem, Amal M, Al Rakaf, Maha S, Shoukri, Mohamed M, Garne, Ester, Kurdi, Ahmed Mohammed |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Neural Tube Defects/epidemiology Adult Heart Defects Congenital/epidemiology Infant Newborn Infant First cousins Urogenital Abnormalities/epidemiology Saudi Arabia/epidemiology Second cousins Birth defects Consanguinity Logistic Models Risk factors Case-Control Studies Prevalence Humans Abnormalities Multiple/epidemiology Female Consanguineous marriages |
| Zdroj: | Majeed-Saidan, M A, Ammari, A N, AlHashem, A M, Al Rakaf, M S, Shoukri, M M, Garne, E & Kurdi, A M 2015, ' Effect of consanguinity on birth defects in Saudi women; results from a nested case-control study ', Birth Defects Research. Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology, vol. 103, no. 2, pp. 100–104 . https://doi.org/10.1002/bdra.23331 |
| DOI: | 10.1002/bdra.23331 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND: The role of consanguinity in the etiology of structural birth defects outside of chromosomal and inherited disorders has always been debated. We studied the independent role of consanguinity on birth defects in Saudi women with a high prevalence of consanguineous marriages.METHODS: This case and control study was nested within a 3-year prospective cohort study to examine patterns of fetal and neonatal malformations in Saudi women at Prince Sultan Military Medical City (PSMMC), Riyadh -Saudi Arabia. Consanguineous marriages were defined as marriages with first or second cousins (related); unions beyond second cousins (distant relatives) were considered unrelated for this study.RESULTS: During the 3-year study (July 2010 through June 2013), there were 28,646 total births; of these, we included 1,179 babies with major birth defects, and 1,262 babies as their controls. The consanguinity prevalence for all included women was 49.6%. The consanguinity among babies with major Birth Defects (BDs) was 54.5% and 45.2% for controls (P CONCLUSION: The prevalence of major birth defects in the study population is higher than what is reported from European countries. Consanguinity is a significant independent risk factor for the high prevalence of birth defects. Birth Defects Research (Part A), 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
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