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Sex ratios in fetuses and liveborn infants with autosomal aneuploidy

โœ Scribed by Huether, Carl A.; Martin, Rebecca L. M.; Stoppelman, Susan M.; D'Souza, Sharon; Bishop, Jennifer K.; Torfs, Claudine P.; Lorey, Fred; May, Kristin M.; Hanna, Julia Sanford; Baird, Patricia A.; Kelly, JoAnn C.


Book ID
101213121
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
63 KB
Volume
63
Category
Article
ISSN
0148-7299

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โœฆ Synopsis


Ten data sources were used substantially to increase the available data for estimating fetal and livebirth sex ratios for Patau (trisomy 13), Edwards (trisomy 18), and Down (trisomy 21) syndromes and controls. The fetal sex ratio estimate was 0.88 (N = 584) for trisomy 13, 0.90 (N = 1702) for trisomy 18, and 1.16 (N = 3154) for trisomy 21. All were significantly different from prenatal controls (1.07). The estimated ratios in prenatal controls were 1.28 (N = 1409) for CVSs and 1.06 (N = 49427) for amniocenteses, indicating a clear differential selection against males, mostly during the first half of fetal development. By contrast, there were no sex ratio differences for any of the trisomies when comparing gestational ages <16 and >16 weeks. The livebirth sex ratio estimate was 0.90 (N = 293) for trisomy 13, 0.63 (N = 497) for trisomy 18, and 1.15 (N = 6424) for trisomy 21, the latter two being statistically different than controls (1.05) (N = 3660707). These ratios for trisomies 13 and 18 were also statistically different than the ratio for trisomy 21. Only in trisomy 18 did the sex ratios in fetuses and livebirths differ, indicating a prenatal selection against males >16 weeks. No effects of maternal age or race were found on these estimates for any of the fetal or livebirth trisomies. Sex ratios for translocations and mosaics were also estimated for these aneuploids. Compared to previous estimates, these results are less ex-


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