Table 2.
Consanguinity among ethnic minorities.
| Ethnicity | n | Excluded | Couple | Consanguineous couple | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistani | 7 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 |
| Arab | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 28.6 |
| Turkish | 10 | 0 | 10 | 9 | 90.0 |
| Afghan | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 60.0 |
| Total | 33 | 2 | 28 | 20 | 71.4 |
| Other | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 38 | 2 | 33 | 20 | 60.6 |
Ethnicity: ethnic group, by maternal country of birth.
n: total number of patients in the group.
Excluded: patients with no available information about consanguinity.
Couple: sets of parents/marriages.
Consanguineous couple: number of consanguineous marriages.
%: percentage of consanguineous marriages.
Sibs: three sets of sibs in the Afghan group.
Other: Iceland, Great Britain, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Lithuania, Switzerland.