title: Declined sex ratio at birth in Fallujah (Iraq) during Iraq war with Iran.
abstract: The main objective of this study was to investigate whether the sex ratio at birth (SRB, male proportion) alter in Iraq during its war against Iran (1980-1988). Here we compared 785 births (348 males, 437 females) during 1980-1989 with 1144 births (655 males, 489 females) before 1980 and 2914 births (1496 males, 1418 females) after 1989 in Fallujah, Iraq. The SRB significantly decreased during 1980-1989 in comparison with the ratios before 1980 (OR=0.595, 95 % CI: 0.495-0.714,P<0.001) and after 1989 (OR=0.755, 95 % CI: 0.644-0.884,P=0.001). Considering that the Iran-Iraq war began at 1980 and ended in 1988, therefore it seems that the SRB decreased in Fallujah (Iraq) during the war.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, College of Sciences, Shiraz University, Shiraz 71454, Iran.
authors.forename: Mostafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saadat
keywords: Iran-Iraq war; sex ratio; war