Table 5.
Consanguinity, and genetic disorder by age groups (SC Data)
|
Consanguineous marriages N (%) |
p‐valuea |
Nonconsanguineous marriages N (%) |
p‐valuea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age ≤14 years | Age >14 years | Age ≤14 years | Age >14 years | |||
| Autosomal Recessive | 20 (19.0) | 23 (15.8) | .302 | 3 (5.6) | 16 (19.0) | .020 |
| Autosomal Dominant | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| X‐linked | 2 (1.9) | 0 (0) | .174 | — | — | — |
| Chromosomal disorder | 54 (51.4) | 55 (37.7) | .021 | 36 (66.7) | 37 (44.0) | .007 |
| Undiagnosed | 29 (27.6) | 68 (46.6) | .002 | 15 (27.8) | 32 (38.1) | .143 |
Overall‐ p = .009 (χ 2 = 11.51), Overall‐ p = .018 (χ 2 = 8.02).
Abbreviation: SC, Shafallah Center.
a
Pearson Chi‐squared and Fisher Exact tests