A Register-Based Study of Diseases With an Autosomal Recessive Origin in Small Children in Denmark According to Maternal Country of Origin

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A Register-Based Study of Diseases With an Autosomal Recessive Origin in Small Children in Denmark According to Maternal Country of Origin. / Gundlund, Anna; Hansen, Anne Vinkel; Pedersen, Grete Skøtt; Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted; Mortensen, Laust Hvas; Brøndum-Nielsen, Karen; Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo.

In: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (Print), Vol. 29, No. 4, 07.2015, p. 351–359.

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Gundlund, A, Hansen, AV, Pedersen, GS, Villadsen, SF, Mortensen, LH, Brøndum-Nielsen, K & Andersen, A-MN 2015, 'A Register-Based Study of Diseases With an Autosomal Recessive Origin in Small Children in Denmark According to Maternal Country of Origin', Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (Print), vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 351–359. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12195

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Gundlund, A., Hansen, A. V., Pedersen, G. S., Villadsen, S. F., Mortensen, L. H., Brøndum-Nielsen, K., & Andersen, A-M. N. (2015). A Register-Based Study of Diseases With an Autosomal Recessive Origin in Small Children in Denmark According to Maternal Country of Origin. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (Print), 29(4), 351–359. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12195

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Gundlund A, Hansen AV, Pedersen GS, Villadsen SF, Mortensen LH, Brøndum-Nielsen K et al. A Register-Based Study of Diseases With an Autosomal Recessive Origin in Small Children in Denmark According to Maternal Country of Origin. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (Print). 2015 Jul;29(4):351–359. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppe.12195

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Gundlund, Anna ; Hansen, Anne Vinkel ; Pedersen, Grete Skøtt ; Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted ; Mortensen, Laust Hvas ; Brøndum-Nielsen, Karen ; Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo. / A Register-Based Study of Diseases With an Autosomal Recessive Origin in Small Children in Denmark According to Maternal Country of Origin. In: Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology (Print). 2015 ; Vol. 29, No. 4. pp. 351–359.

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title = "A Register-Based Study of Diseases With an Autosomal Recessive Origin in Small Children in Denmark According to Maternal Country of Origin",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: Compared with children born of Danish mothers, the mortality of children, born and living in Denmark, is significantly increased in those with a mother from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Turkey. Consanguinity has been suggested to account for part of this disparity. Since information on consanguinity is lacking, this suggestion is difficult to test. With an indirect approach, we addressed this question by comparing the risk of diseases with autosomal recessive inheritance in children born in Denmark of Danish-born women and of women born in these five countries, respectively.METHODS: All children born in Denmark (1994-2010) were followed until 5 years of age or end-of-study period for the risk of hospitalisation with diseases of autosomal recessive aetiology, and therefore considered consanguinity-related. Diagnoses of autosomal recessive diseases were identified using two different methods: a literature review of consanguinity-associated diseases and a search in the Online Catalogue of Human Genes and Genetic Disorders. Risks were also calculated for diseases with known non-autosomal recessive aetiology (considered non-consanguinity-related). We estimated adjusted hazard ratios for the diseases in children of foreign-born women compared with children of Danish-born women.RESULTS: Compared with offspring of Danish-born women, the risk of a consanguinity-related disease was significantly increased in children of foreign-born women, although the absolute risk was low. The risk of non-consanguinity-related diseases did not differ between the groups compared.CONCLUSIONS: The findings support the hypothesis that consanguinity accounts for some, however a minor part, of the disparity in child mortality among migrants in Denmark.",
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AU - Gundlund, Anna

AU - Hansen, Anne Vinkel

AU - Pedersen, Grete Skøtt

AU - Villadsen, Sarah Fredsted

AU - Mortensen, Laust Hvas

AU - Brøndum-Nielsen, Karen

AU - Andersen, Anne-Marie Nybo

N1 - © 2015 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

PY - 2015/7

Y1 - 2015/7

N2 - BACKGROUND: Compared with children born of Danish mothers, the mortality of children, born and living in Denmark, is significantly increased in those with a mother from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Turkey. Consanguinity has been suggested to account for part of this disparity. Since information on consanguinity is lacking, this suggestion is difficult to test. With an indirect approach, we addressed this question by comparing the risk of diseases with autosomal recessive inheritance in children born in Denmark of Danish-born women and of women born in these five countries, respectively.METHODS: All children born in Denmark (1994-2010) were followed until 5 years of age or end-of-study period for the risk of hospitalisation with diseases of autosomal recessive aetiology, and therefore considered consanguinity-related. Diagnoses of autosomal recessive diseases were identified using two different methods: a literature review of consanguinity-associated diseases and a search in the Online Catalogue of Human Genes and Genetic Disorders. Risks were also calculated for diseases with known non-autosomal recessive aetiology (considered non-consanguinity-related). We estimated adjusted hazard ratios for the diseases in children of foreign-born women compared with children of Danish-born women.RESULTS: Compared with offspring of Danish-born women, the risk of a consanguinity-related disease was significantly increased in children of foreign-born women, although the absolute risk was low. The risk of non-consanguinity-related diseases did not differ between the groups compared.CONCLUSIONS: The findings support the hypothesis that consanguinity accounts for some, however a minor part, of the disparity in child mortality among migrants in Denmark.

AB - BACKGROUND: Compared with children born of Danish mothers, the mortality of children, born and living in Denmark, is significantly increased in those with a mother from Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Somalia, and Turkey. Consanguinity has been suggested to account for part of this disparity. Since information on consanguinity is lacking, this suggestion is difficult to test. With an indirect approach, we addressed this question by comparing the risk of diseases with autosomal recessive inheritance in children born in Denmark of Danish-born women and of women born in these five countries, respectively.METHODS: All children born in Denmark (1994-2010) were followed until 5 years of age or end-of-study period for the risk of hospitalisation with diseases of autosomal recessive aetiology, and therefore considered consanguinity-related. Diagnoses of autosomal recessive diseases were identified using two different methods: a literature review of consanguinity-associated diseases and a search in the Online Catalogue of Human Genes and Genetic Disorders. Risks were also calculated for diseases with known non-autosomal recessive aetiology (considered non-consanguinity-related). We estimated adjusted hazard ratios for the diseases in children of foreign-born women compared with children of Danish-born women.RESULTS: Compared with offspring of Danish-born women, the risk of a consanguinity-related disease was significantly increased in children of foreign-born women, although the absolute risk was low. The risk of non-consanguinity-related diseases did not differ between the groups compared.CONCLUSIONS: The findings support the hypothesis that consanguinity accounts for some, however a minor part, of the disparity in child mortality among migrants in Denmark.

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JO - Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology

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