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PubMed1991

The ancestry of spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity (SEMDJL) in South Africa.

Comprehensive genealogical investigations have been undertaken in eight families in the Afrikaans-speaking community of South Africa, in which at least one person had spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia with joint laxity (SEMDJL). All eight families had ancestral links with two females. These women had multiple marriages and cohabitations during the late 17th and early 18th centuries and they were 12 generations removed from the affected individuals. The identification of these common progenitors confirmed the syndromic homogeneity of SEMDJL in South Africa and permitted recognition of numerous obligate heterozygotes, thus facilitating biomolecular investigations of the basic defect.

Chromosome Mapping↗
PubMed2004

Selecting loop breakers in general pedigrees.

The presence of loops in pedigrees poses severe computational problems in likelihood calculation that can be solved by creating an equivalent unlooped pedigree. We introduce a heuristic polynomial-time dynamic-programming algorithm, called SFH, that addresses the problem of selecting a minimal-cost set of loop breakers. We report computational experiments on simulated pedigrees with up to 1000 individuals and 361 loops, and multiple marriages. We compare the loop-breaker set selected by our method with that obtained using the software package FASTLINK 4.1P. Our approach outperforms FASTLINK 4.1P on the computational-time point of view, on the point of view of quality of the loop-breaker set obtained, and on the point of view of the size of the problem that can be addressed.

Algorithms↗
PubMed2001

H. Binga Dismond, MD--pioneer Harlem physician and much more.

All physicians hopefully have some interests beyond their specialty. Dismond exemplified a broad range of activities, including athletics, military service, poetry, multiple marriages, and socializing, as well as two specialties in medicine.

Black or African American↗
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Studies in the epidemiology of prostatic cancer: expanded sampling.

From comparisons of prostatic cancer patients with matched control patients for selected risk variables, patients are characterized by three main trends: (a) delayed sexual drive and development, (b) early repression of sexuality, and (c) premature cessation of sexuality. Excessive numbers of patients reported occupational exposure to fertilizers and auto exhaust fumes. Diets of the patients were higher in animal fats. No differences were found between both groups for frequencies of multiple marriages or sex partners, nor for stressful effects from selected events early or late in life. Trends for circumcision and other variables are presented. The data suggest that early differences are hormonally conditioned, support a provisional endogenous rationale for initiation of prostatic cancer, and oppose a hypothesis favoring transmissible oncogenic agents. If results continue to hold up with increased sampling, limitation upon sexual activity at any time of life may increase risk.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1988

Socio-demographic correlates of divorce in New Zealand.

"This paper links data obtained from a one-in-five systematic sample of New Zealand divorce files covering the period 1940-78 with published marriage and birth statistics to examine socio-demographic differentials in divorce rates among couples married between 1939 and 1973. Differentials investigated are those by age at marriage, relative age of bride and groom, marital status prior to marriage, relative marital status of bride and groom, pregnancy status of the wife at marriage, timing of the first birth, religion, country of birth and socioeconomic status. Several findings of overseas studies, such as the special proneness to divorce of very youthful marriages and remarriages following previous divorces, are verified for New Zealand. After controlling for age at marriage, pregnancy does not seem to have directly increased the risk of divorce."

Birth Intervals↗
PubMed1997

Serial marriages and AIDS in Masaka District.

In the process of studying the functioning of households under the conditions of the AIDS epidemic in the districts of Masaka, Kabarole and Rukungiri, information was collected on the marital history of persons aged 12 years and above who had ever been involved in a regular union or marriage. That information allows the discussion of the pattern of marital mobility and the exploration of the possible links between serial marriages and the dynamics of the current epidemic. Serial marriages can be defined as the participation in a sequence of regular partnerships or unions. By this definition, males in polygamous unions are involved in the practice of serial marriages in that they go through the formation of regular unions more than once in their lifetime and are often involved in more than one such union at a time. In the case of females, serial marriage takes the form of transition from first to second and subsequent unions within a monogamous or polygamous framework. This paper describes the pattern of these serial marriages, the causes of the dissolution of unions, and the relationship between the observed patterns and selected social and demographic factors such as sex, residence, education and the household-level experience of a previous HIV/AIDS related illness or death. Particular attention is paid to the role of death of spouse and especially of death from AIDS in the dissolution of unions. Apart from the use of basic descriptive statistics, a hierarchical log linear regression is carried out and the tests of partial association between the fact of serial marriage and selected variables are presented.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1995

[Divorces, 1995].

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Age Factors↗
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Consanguinity in the Bishopric of Ourense (Galicia, Spain) from 1900 to 1979.

BACKGROUND: Knowledge of the levels of inbreeding in the human population is interesting because it is one of the characteristics that conditions its genetic structure and has important genetic-medical repercussions in the descendants of marriages between close relatives. Galicia (north-west Spain) is a region with very special geographic, historic and social characteristics that makes it particularly interesting for consanguinity studies. PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: The object of this investigation is the study of the levels of inbreeding and the structure of consanguinity in rural area of the Dioceses of Ourense (Galicia) during the period 1900-1979. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: In the study, data corresponding to 437 parishes, integrated in 80 municipalities of the rural area of the Dioceses of Ourense were analysed. In the period studied, of a total of 110 128 marriages, 9010 took place between biologically related individuals up to the level of second cousins. The rate of consanguinity and the average coefficient of inbreeding of the population, as well as the percentage of the different types of consanguineous marriages, were calculated. MAIN OUTCOMES AND RESULTS: The rate of consanguinity for the period 1900-1979 is 8.18% and the average coefficient of inbreeding is 3.0662 x 10(-3). The most frequent type of consanguineous marriage is between second cousins (4.00% of all marriages). There is a notably high frequency of marriages of multiple relationships (0.52%) and the frequency of uncle-niece or aunt-nephew marriages is 0.16%. The average value of the M22/M33 ratio is 0.66 and during the 80 years studied, with regard to the temporal variation of the average coefficient of inbreeding, the annual values followed a polynomial curve with an inflection point in 1921. CONCLUSIONS: The highest values of consanguinity detected in Galicia, for the same period, were registered in the Dioceses of Ourense and the high rate of uncle-niece or aunt-nephew marriages habitual in this region was confirmed. The latter is explained by the important incidence in the Galician population of the migration to America at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. However, when the relative frequency of this type of marriage with respect to the total number of consanguineous marriages is calculated, it has relatively low values due to the high proportion of marriages between second cousins and marriages of multiple relationships, the highest in Galicia for an equal period of time. The rate of marriages between first cousins is also the highest in Galicia, confirming a phenomenon that appears to be common in the rural areas of the northern area of the Iberian Peninsula.

Consanguinity↗
PubMed2005

A syndrome characterized by contractures and pterygia of upper body associated with umbilical hernia, short stature, and distinctive face in an Arabic family.

A large Moslem Arabic family from the North of Israel is presented in which nine individuals are affected with short stature (5th centile and below), variable pterygium of neck or short neck with limited range of motion, pterygium of elbows, short palms, and brachydactyly. Other abnormalities of the fingers include syndactyly, camptodactyly, and/or hypermobility of the small joints. The face typically appeared long and myopathic. Ptosis was present with downslanting palpebral fissures, facial movements were reduced and the midface was flat. Umbilical hernia was present together with hypoplasia of the skin in the periumbilical area. The lower body region was unaffected in this family. The family is characterized by multiple consanguineous marriages, and the pedigree is consistent with autosomal recessive inheritance. The phenotype seems to be distinct from other multiple pterygium syndromes because the lower limbs are spared, and the umbilical hernia with hypoplastic skin has not been described previously.

Adolescent↗