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To examine the relationship between parental consanguinity and the incidence of congenital heart disease in young children.

January 1, 1986Human Heredity

Consanguinity and Congenital Heart Disease in the Rural Arab Population in Northern Israel

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To examine the relationship between parental consanguinity and the incidence of congenital heart disease in young children.
Surveyed all children up to age 7 across five Arab villages in the Western Galilee, Israel (N=1,546).
Categorized parental relationships into unrelated unions and consanguineous marriages, specifically identifying first- and second-degree cousins.
Identified and compared rates of isolated congenital heart disease across consanguinity strata.
Isolated congenital heart disease occurred in 2.81% of children from consanguineous marriages (n=498) compared with 1.24% of children from unrelated parents (n=1,048), a statistically significant difference.
The incidence of congenital heart disease rose to 3.22% among offspring of first-cousin marriages (n=373).

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Observational study finds higher incidence of congenital heart disease in offspring of consanguineous parents, highlighting genetic contributions to cardiac malformations.

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Gev et al. (1986) studied this question.

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Observational study finds higher incidence of congenital heart disease in offspring of consanguineous parents, highlighting genetic contributions to cardiac malformations.

Consanguinity and Congenital Heart Disease in the Rural Arab Population in Northern Israel

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Consanguinity and Congenital Heart Disease in the Rural Arab Population in Northern Israel

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