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Table 6 Mean Haemoglobin level in Sickle cell, β-Thalassaemia, G6PD deficiency and Normal-controls of the studied PVTGs

From: A community based study on haemoglobinopathies and G6PD deficiency among particularly vulnerable tribal groups in hard-to-reach malaria endemic areas of Odisha, India: implications on malaria control

Age

β-thalassaemia

 + Sickle cell anaemia (n = 56)

G6PD deficiency

(n = 47)

Normal control

(n = 1017)

Male

Hb (g/dl)

Female

Hb (g/dl)

Male

Hb (g/dl)

Female

Hb (g/dl)

Male

Hb (g/dl)

Female

Hb (g/dl)

 ≤ 14 years

11.8 ± 1.2

(n = 6)

10.6 ± 0.8

(n = 3)

10.3 ± 0.6

(n = 7)

10.1 ± 0.8

(n = 2)

11.0 ± 1.7

(n = 148)

10.6 ± 1.6

(n = 112)

15–49 years

11.5 ± 1.2

(n = 8)

12.1 ± 1.3

(n = 16)

9.4 ± 0.5

(n = 12)

8.8 ± 0.5

(n = 11)

12.4 ± 2.1

(n = 199)

11.0 ± 1.7

(n = 296)

 ≥ 50 years

11.0 ± 1.3

(n = 11)

11.3 ± 1.3

(n = 12)

9.2 ± 0.7

(n = 8)

8.8 ± 1.5

(n = 7)

11.6 ± 2.0

(n = 133)

10.7 ± 1.9

(n = 129)

All

10.8 ± 2.3

(n = 25)

11.7 ± 2.1

(n = 31)

9.5 ± 0.7

(n = 27)

8.9 ± 1. 1

(n = 20)

11.7 ± 2.0

(n = 480)

10.8 ± 1.7

(n = 537)