title: [Alcohol drinking in parents and its relation with intellectual score of their children].
abstract: Among children living in orphanages of the Metropolitan Region, the paternal alcohol ingestion patterns were investigated. According to abnormal parental alcohol ingestion, a sample of 291 children was studied, of whom 32% were living in simple protection homes for infants with normal intellectual coefficient and 52% in homes for mentally retarded boys. There was a higher frequency and intensity of abnormal alcohol ingestion among parents of infants living in homes for the mentally retarded. Among these, 29% of mothers were illiterate and 11% had incomplete primary school education compared to mothers of simple protection homes in whom the frequency of illiteracy was 10% and of incomplete primary education, 50%. Twenty percent of fathers of children living in homes for the mentally retarded were unemployed, 16% had occasional jobs and 11% had a stable work; these numbers were 11, 30 and 15% respectively for fathers of simple protection homes. Among infants living in homes for the mentally retarded, undernutrition was found in 44%, growth retardation in 51% and microcephaly in 34% compared to 33, 30 and 11% in children living in simple protection homes. Sixteen percent of the sample had fetal alcohol syndrome, 24% among those living in homes for the mentally retarded and 12% in simple protection homes. There was an inverse relationship between offspring intellectual coefficient and the number of drinking parents.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital Dr Sótero del Rio, Santiago de Chile.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mena
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Navarrete
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Avila
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bedregal
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Berríos
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism; D002648:Child; D002674:Child, Institutionalized; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002677:Chile; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000209:etiology; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009752:Nutritional Status; D010290:Parents; D011247:Pregnancy
vernacular_title: Ingestión de alcohol en los padres y su relacion con el coeficiente intelectual de sus hijos.