Inbreeding effects on fetal growth in Beirut, Lebanon

Bibliographic Data

ID8320857
AuthorsMyriam Khlat (0000-0002-6674-3718, American University of Beirut, corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume80
Issue4
Pages481-484
Publication date1989-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.1330800407
PMID2603950
OpenAlexW2129412960
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited20

Effects of consanguineous marriages on offspring's gestational age and anthropometrics at birth were investigated in Beirut through a hospital‐based survey of 1,252 newborns. Twenty‐five percent of all newborns were inbred, and the mean inbreeding coefficient was 1.25%. Neither prematurity rate nor weight, length, head circumference, and chest circumference (considered individually, or as a whole) showed a significant pattern by type of parental consanguinity. Failure to demonstrate significant inbreeding effects is reported in several other studies and generally interpreted as the long‐term result of continued inbreeding practices

Anthropometry · Biology · Birth weight · Consanguinity · Gestational age · Head circumference · Inbreeding · Obstetrics · Offspring · Population · Pregnancy · Birth, Development, and Health · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Genetics · Hemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Pediatrics

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