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Inbreeding effects on fetal growth in Beirut, Lebanon
Author(s) -
Khlat Myriam
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330800407
Subject(s) - inbreeding , consanguinity , head circumference , offspring , demography , anthropometry , birth weight , gestational age , biology , medicine , pregnancy , obstetrics , pediatrics , genetics , population , sociology
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.