From: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in people living in malaria endemic districts of Nepal
Characteristics | Number (%) | Binax result | p value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Normal | Low | |||
Number (%) | Number (%) | |||
Gender | ||||
 Female | 820 (61.1) | 776 (94.6) | 44 (5.4) | 0.001* |
 Male | 521 (38.9) | 468 (89.8) | 53 (10.2) |  |
Ethnicity | ||||
 Rajbanshi | 162 (12.1) | 147 (90.7) | 15 (9.3) | 0.289 |
 Brahmin and Chhetri | 70 (5.2) | 67 (95.7) | 3 (4.3) |  |
 Tharu | 1005 (74.9) | 930 (92.5) | 75 (7.5) |  |
 Others | 104 (7.8) | 100 (96.2) | 4 (3.8) |  |
Age group (years) | ||||
 ≤20 | 687 (51.2) | 625 (91.0) | 62 (9.0) | 0.063 |
 21–35 | 356 (26.5) | 338 (94.9) | 18 (5.1) |  |
 36–50 | 203 (15.1) | 190 (93.6) | 13 (6.4) |  |
 ≥51 | 95 (7.1) | 91 (95.8) | 4 (4.2) |  |
Districts | ||||
 Dhanusa | 212 (15.8) | 203 (95.8) | 9 (4.2) | 0.501 |
 Dang | 226 (16.9) | 205 (90.7) | 21 (9.3) |  |
 Kailali | 228 (17) | 211 (92.5) | 17 (7.5) |  |
 Chitwan | 226 (16.9) | 209 (92.5) | 17 (7.5) |  |
 Morang | 225 (16.8) | 209 (92.9) | 16 (7.1) |  |
 Jhapa | 224 (16.7) | 207 (92.4) | 17 (7.6) |  |