OBJECTIVES Consanguinity is a wide spread practice in Jordan. The objective of this study is to explore the health effects of consanguinity, in particular fertility, reproductive wastage, infant mortality and congenital malformations. METHODS A stratified 2 stage cluster sample of 1867 married couples, representative of all population groups and all geographic locations of Jordan were randoml...

consanguineous marriages are traditionally favoured in most of asian and african countries especially in the muslim countries. however, it is apparent that these kinds of marriage are a major factor of some genetic disorders inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern. although there is a long history of consanguineous marriage in iran, the information on its prevalence is too poor. the aim of ...

Marriage is said to be consanguineous, when it is between persons descending from the common ancestor. Consanguineous marriages are widely contracted worldwide despite the devastating effects in children born to such couples. The aim of the study was to analyze the impact of consanguinity on hearing in babies born out of consanguineous marriages. It was a comparative study in 50 children aged b...

Marriages among the Sikh minority of the Districts of Swat, Bunair and Shangla (NWFP, Pakistan) were studied where the frequency of consanguineous marriages was found to be 21%. Marriages with distant relatives were 29.4% in the population. The inbreeding coefficient for the population was calculated to be 0.0127. Only three types of first cousin marriages (MSD, MBD and FSD) were recorded. Marr...

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...

Consanguineous marriages have a high prevalence among Muslim-majority countries, and the ratio is increasing in Saudi population [1]. Nowadays, more than half of all the marriages in Saudi Arabia are marriages between cousins [2]. Different types of consanguineous marriages exist, such as marriage between first cousins, which is the most common one, marriage between second cousins, and marriage...