Horta DN, Lantigua CA, Ruiz-Apodaca IR, López ÁY, Clavelo CMA

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

A descriptive, transversal cut study was carried out in the Guasasa community belonging to the Playa Girón popular council of the Ciénaga de Zapata, Matanzas province, with the goal of characterizing consanguinity in this community. The frequency of congenital defects and disabilities in the offspring of each type of consanguine marriage was determined. The frequency of consanguine marriages in the community and the endogamy coefficient were calculated. Eighteen consanguineous marriages having 66 offspring were identified. A light mental retardation was present in 21,2% of the offspring from these consanguineous marriages, with cases detected in all types of marriages except in the case of first cousins once removed. The endogamy coefficient in the community was 0,0033 and the frequency of consanguineous marriages turned out to be 10,5%. This study establishes the bases for implementing a communitylevel strategy for education and health promotion with the aim of decreasing mental retardation and other genetic origin diseases in the studied population.

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