Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: February | Volume: 11 | Issue: 2 | Pages: 272-278
Frequency of Recurrent Miscarriages in Kashmiri Population (a High Incidence Zone)
Usma Manzoor1, Ina Amin1, Arshad A Pandith1, Dil Afroze1, Dheera Sanadhya2, Masarat Rashid3, Abida Ahmad3, Syed Hussain Mir4, Iqra Anwar1, Aabid Koul1
1Advanced Centre for Human Genetics, Sher-I-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), J&K-India
2School of Life and Basic Sciences, Jaipur National University, Jaipur, India
3Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology SKIMS, Srinagar, J&K-India
4Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Kashmir University, J&K-India
Corresponding Author: Arshad Ahmad Pandith
ABSTRACT
Introduction: Recurrent miscarriages (RM) can be defined as the spontaneous loss of two or more consecutive pregnancies before twenty weeks of gestation. The aim of the study was to analyse the incidence of RM in our region.
Method: The study screened retrospectively for all patients who had experienced the miscarriages between 2015 and 2019.
Results: Among RM cases, 80 (26.9%) were observed in consanguineous marriage group as against 217(73.06%) cases in non-consanguineous group. Of all cases 43(16.04%) were found with known family history for RM. The frequency of RM was observed as comparable to be 50.6% (163) in cases that belonged to the age group of <30 years to that of the 49.37% (159) cases seen in ≥30 years.
Conclusion: The frequency of RM is very high in our region and interestingly apart from consanguinity, the pattern of these events observed was with a very less difference in both age groups.
Key words: Miscarriages, Family History, Gestation, Consanguineous marriage.