[Table/Fig-1]:
Demographic characteristic of sample.
| Demographic variables | Cases consanguineous parent n=156 |
Control non- consanguineous parent n=156 |
p-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Gender | Male | 29 | 18.6 | 30 | 19.2 | 0.885 |
| Female | 127 | 81.4 | 126 | 80.8 | ||
| Field of study | Doctor of Medicine | 27 | 17.03 | 39 | 25 | 0.851 |
| Nursing | 8 | 5.1 | 11 | 7.1 | ||
| Midwifery | 37 | 23.7 | 30 | 19,2 | ||
| Laboratory sciences | 27 | 17.3 | 22 | 14.1 | ||
| Radiology | 11 | 7.1 | 6 | 3.8 | ||
| Environmental health | 7 | 4.5 | 7 | 4.5 | ||
| Public health | 33 | 21.2 | 33 | 21.2 | ||
| Biology | 6 | 28.8 | 8 | 5.1 | ||
| Faculty | Medicine | 33 | 21.2 | 47 | 30.1 | 0.246 |
| Nursing | 45 | 28.8 | 41 | 26.3 | ||
| Paramedical Sciences | 38 | 24.4 | 28 | 17.9 | ||
| Health sciences | 40 | 25.6 | 40 | 25.6 | ||
| Education | Licentiate degree | 122 | 78.2 | 107 | 68.6 | 0.158 |
| Master’s Degree | 7 | 4.5 | 10 | 6.4 | ||
| Doctorate | 27 | 17.3 | 39 | 25 | ||
| Place of residence | Urban | 121 | 77.6 | 131 | 84 | 0.151 |
| Rural | 35 | 22.4 | 25 | 16 | ||
| Family income | ≤ 278 US$ | 88 | 56.4 | 73 | 46.8 | 0.189 |
| > 278 US$–<834 US$ | 61 | 39.1 | 77 | 49.4 | ||
| ≥ 834 US$ | 7 | 4.5 | 6 | 3.8 | ||