English: Cognitive abilities among inbred and non-inbred children. The results presented as mean±SEM. The significant decline in mean values observed for VIQ (verbal IQ), PIQ (performance IQ) and FSIQ (full scale IQ) among inbred children in comparison with non-inbred group. *The difference in mean values of inbred from non-inbred children for each factor is found to be statistically significant (p<0.05, using student’s t-test). Populations presented as, P1 = Gujjar and Bakarwal, P2 = Mughal, P3 = Malik, P4 = Syed, P5 = Khan.

The study was conducted during April 2013 through July 2013 and a total of 408 children (6 to 15 years of age) were selected randomly on a priori basis from five Muslim populations viz., Gujjar and Bakarwal (n = 97), Mughal (n = 72), Malik (n = 86), Syed (n = 65) and Khan (n = 88). The age group of the children selected was 6 to 15 years.