Prevalence of G6PD deficiency and Plasmodium falciparum parasites in asymptomatic school children living in southern Ghana

Table 1 Distribution of G6PD genotype and phenotype by sex

	Deficient (P)	Deficient (G)	Heterozygous deficient (G)
Female	5.6 % (8/142)	1.8 % (3/170)	6.5 % (11/170)
Male	4.9 % (7/142)	4.1 % (7/170)	0 % (0/170)

Deficient (P), deficient G6PD enzyme activity; Normal (P), normal G6PD enzyme activity; Deficient (G), deficient genotype (A- and A-/A-); Heterozygous deficient (G), female heterozygous deficient (A/A- and B/A-); Normal (G), normal genotype (A, B, A/A, A/B and B/B)

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