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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Dec 6.
Published in final edited form as: Trop Med Int Health. 2016 Mar 29;21(5):642–653. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12689

Table 3.

HbS allele frequency among different age groups in West Kordofan State, Sudan

Age group (Years) HbS allele frequency % (CI) Expected HbSS prevalence (HWE%) Deviation from HWE (P value)
0–4 14.6% (6.4–22.8%) 2.3% NS*
5–11 18.3% (13.7–22.9%) 2.8% NS
12–14 18.1% (7.1–29.1%) 2.9 NS
Women > 15 17.7% (12.8–22.6%) 4% NS
Men > 15 12.0% (6.1–17.9%) 13.0% NS
Total 14.5% (12.2–16.8%) 2.0% NS

HWE, Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium.

*

P > 0.05.

Comparing to a chi-squared distribution with 1 d.f.