Abstract

GONZALEZ GARCIA, Raúl  and  OLIVA LOPEZ, Yinet. Genetic precenceptional risk. Rev Ciencias Médicas [online]. 2014, vol.18, n.5, pp.779-790. ISSN 1561-3194.

Introduction: the national genetics network focus it work priorities in the evaluation of fertile-aged women for their classification, and thus determining the existence of both preconceptional and prenatal genetic risk in the pregnant women. Objective: to characterize the epidemiology of the female population in fertile age from Minas de Matahambre Municipality and with preconceptional risk of genetic cause and thus set foundations for better managing and controlling them. Material and method: a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out in fertile-aged women with preconceptional genetic risk from Minas de Matahambre Municipality during the year 2012. The data obtained in the Municipal Genetics Service Department permitted to analyze the epidemiologic characteristics. Results: the 18.9% of the female population in fertile age present any genetic risk. The risk of hereditary maternal affection predominates with a 40.5% and within these the 60.9% is due to the intellectual disability of prenatal genetic cause, while the risk of chromosome pathologies represents the 36.4%, with the 74.2% in advanced maternal age. Among the women with genetic risk, most of them protect themselves with intra-uterine contraceptives and the 52.0% of them show inadequate level of knowledge about their risk. Conclusions: with this research we showed the epidemiologic characteristics of the female population in fertile age with genetic preconceptional risk from the Municipality, so that it permits setting foundations for better managing and controlling them.

Keywords : Medical genetics; Risk factors.

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