Association of Consanguinity with Low Birth Weight -A Tertiary Care Hospital Study

Abstract

Consanguineous marriage is matrimony between individuals who are closely related. There is strong   relationship between first-degree consanguinity and the risk of small size birth and neonatal death. Many congenital anomalies and genetic diseases run in families due to cousin marriages.

OBJECTIVE :   .Our study  aim  was to determine  is there any association between consin marriage and  incidence of low birth weight in children under 5 years of age .

PATIENTS AND   METHODS   :  This case control study was carried out in Department Of Pediatrics Holy family hospital  Rawalpindi from November 2017 to January 2018 .  Our sample size was 260 . Two groups were made one with normal birth weight and other with low birth weight (<2500g /2.5 kg) . The sampling technique was non probability consecutive sampling technique .All those children who were premature , syndromic and whose parents didn’t gave consent were excluded  . After informed consent from parents  data was collected through structured questionnaire .Data was analyzed in SPSS version 17 .