Consanguinity and fetal growth in Pakistani Moslems.
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Consanguinity and fetal growth in Pakistani Moslems.
There is conflicting evidence about the effect of parental consanguinity on fetal growth. Previous studies have not always allowed for other factors that are known to affect birth weight, in particular, gestational age, parity, and maternal height. We have therefore studied this question in the Pakistani Moslem population in Birmingham. Babies born to parents who were first cousins were on aver...
متن کاملFetal growth, early postnatal growth and motor development in Pakistani infants.
BACKGROUND Studies have often compared the postnatal motor development of 'small' versus 'normal' newborns. Not much is known about the associations between a broad spectrum of size at birth and motor development. The effect of early postnatal growth on motor development is little researched. Growth failure in terms of shortness and thinness should be differentiated, but not many studies have t...
متن کاملConsanguinity and its effect on fetal growth and development: a south Indian study.
The effect of consanguinity on fetal growth and development was studied in 3700 consecutive births (live and stillborn); 26% of the total births were to consanguineous couples. Hindus had a higher frequency of consanguineous marriages, uncle-niece unions being the commonest type, whereas Moslems preferred first cousin marriages. The incidence of congenital malformations was 39.1/1000 births wit...
متن کاملEndogamy, Consanguinity and the Health Implications of Changing Marital Choices in the Uk Pakistani Community.
The biraderi (brotherhood) is a long-established, widely prevalent dimension of social stratification in Pakistani communities worldwide. Alongside consanguinity, it offers a route for cementing social solidarities and so has strong socio-biological significance. A detailed breakdown of biraderi affiliation among participants in an ongoing birth cohort study in the northern English city of Brad...
متن کاملConsanguinity and prevalence patterns of inherited disease in the UK Pakistani community.
OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to describe the current knowledge about inherited diseases in UK children of Pakistani origin, who now number over 300,000, and to investigate disease associations with parental consanguinity. METHODS Published data on the overall prevalence of inherited diseases were reviewed in conjunction with published and unpublished information from the city of Bradfo...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Disease in Childhood
سال: 1987
ISSN: 0003-9888,1468-2044
DOI: 10.1136/adc.62.3.231