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Table 3 G6PD genotype distribution among age group and village by sex

From: Prevalence of G6PD deficiency and submicroscopic malaria parasites carriage in malaria hotspot area in Northwest, Tanzania

 

Female

Male

AA

B/A−, A/A−

A−/A−

P-value

B

A−

P-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Age group

 0–4

18

78.3

3

13.0

2

8.7

0.893

14

82.4

3

17.7

0.347

 5–14

46

79.3

9

15.5

3

5.2

35

94.6

2

5.4

 15+

56

77.8

9

12.5

7

9.7

51

91.1

5

8.9

Village

 Budutu

26

92.9

1

3.6

1

3.6

0.290

27

87.1

4

12.9

0.812

 Gambajiga

33

73.3

7

15.6

5

11.1

26

92.9

2

7.1

 Kanyelele

30

83.3

5

13.9

1

2.8

18

90.0

2

10.0

 Mwaholo

31

70.5

8

18.2

5

11.4

29

93.6

2

6.5

Total

120

78.4

21

13.7

12

7.8

 

100

90.9

10

9.1

 
  1. BA or AA, B/A or AA−, A−/A− and A− refer to normal, heterozygous, homozygous and hemizygous
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