Beau D Meyer, Marlee Hansen, Kristin Sweeney, Jodee McDaniel, Janice Townsend
Calibrating Pediatric Dental Faculty: Caries Management in Primary Teeth
Pediatric dentistry
pakistan high burden hereditary congenital anomalies incidence rate almost doubles background parental consanguinity consanguineous unions cu customary pakistan deeply rooted sociocultural norms favour cu study aimed elucidate determinants temporal change cu four northwestern populations pakistan crosssectional study data marital union types biodemographic factors paternal consanguinity collected 6323 evermarried individuals four districts northwest pakistan haripur muzaffarabad mansehra shangla used descriptive statistics multivariable logistic regression analysis cu calculated 55 inbreeding coefficient f icf estimated 0029 eight factors including district rural origin age husband occupational group husband literacy husband parental consanguinity exchange marriage extended family type found significant predictors consanguinity multivariable logistic regression analysis rate consanguinity decreased significantly younger age categories individuals rate cu seen declining time marriages started 1980 2010 respectively decline icf 0030 0027 analyses also showed literacy rate improved average age marriage increased frequency exchange marriages decreased time study employs sizable firsthand dataset demonstrate lowering cu rate northwest pakistan anticipated burden inherited congenital anomalies may likely diminish study populations along fall icf