Gene Mutation Linked to SIDS Rate in Blacks
From Times staff and wire reports
A group of genes involved in early development may help explain why black babies are more at risk of sudden infant death syndrome than others in the U.S., researchers said Thursday.
Researchers from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago found 11 different mutations in 14 of 92 SIDS cases but only one mutation -- the same one -- in two of the 92 healthy babies, they reported in the journal Pediatric Research. About 71% of the mutations were found in black babies.
