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Hasti Hadizadeh1,2, Masoud Salehi1,2, Shabnam Khoramnejad1
1Student Research Committee, Faculty of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Background:
We aimed to establish the prevalence of parental consanguinity among patients with primary immunodeficiency diseases (PID) and compare the prevalence with the general population.
Method:
We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and Scopus for studies mentioning parental consanguinity prevalence in patients with PID and calculated the prevalence odds ratio (POR) of parental consanguinity in each study, compared to a matched healthy population.
Results:
We identified 21 eligible studies with a total population of 18091 accounting for sample overlap. The POR among studies on a sample of mixed patients with PID ranged from 0.6 to 21.9 with the pooled POR of 3.0 (p < 0.001; I2 = 89%, 95% CI: 2.5-3.7).
Conclusion:
PIDs with an autosomal recessive pattern of inheritance had significant odds of parental consanguinity compared to the healthy population, a phenomenon not observed in other inheritance patterns. Determining the extent of the impact that consanguinity imposes upon the progeny paves the way for convincing healthcare policymakers in highly consanguineous communities to act more diligently in informing the masses about the consequences of practicing inbreeding.
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