Analyzing Inbreeding and Estimating Its Related Deficiencies in Northeastern Brazil.

ABSTRACT: This cross-sectional study aimed to observe number of marriages between relatives in São Francisco Valley municipalities and correlations between degrees of kinship and susceptibility to genetic diseases. Three hundred and nine (309) consanguineous couples were interviewed in five municipalities. The data were analyzed using SPSS (version 22), Chi-square testing, and the generalized estimating equation (GEE). In Pariconha-AL for first cousins, the results revealed significantly higher numbers of disabled children than for third cousins ( p  < 0.05). Of these, the prevalence for physical disability was significant ( χ 2 = 19.203, d f  = 4, p  = 0.001). In the cities of Glória-BA ( χ 2 = 11.652, d f  = 3, p  = 0.020) and OlhoD'água do Casado-A

SUBMITTER: Nascimento CRD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9578784 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature