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PREVALENCE OF CONSANGUINEOUS MARRIAGES AMONG IRANIAN GEORGIANS

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2010

LALEH RAFIEE  and
MOSTAFA SAADAT
LALEH RAFIEE
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
MOSTAFA SAADAT
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
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Summary

Consanguineous marriage – marriage between relatives – has received a great deal of attention as a potential risk factor for many adverse health outcomes. The present cross-sectional study was done in order to illustrate the prevalence and types of consanguineous marriages among Iranian Georgians living in Frydoonshahr (Isfahan province, central Iran). Data on consanguineous marriages were collected using a simple questionnaire. The total number of couples in this study was 646. Consanguineous marriage was classified by the degree of relationship between couples. First cousin marriages (14.2%) were the most common type of consanguineous marriages, followed by second cousin (7.0%), beyond second cousin (1.5%) and first cousin once removed (0.6%). The mean inbreeding coefficient (α) was calculated as 0.0104 for the population. The present study shows that the study population, as other Iranian populations, has a high level of consanguinity.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 43 , Issue 1 , January 2011 , pp. 47 - 50
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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