. 2024 Jun 15;4:119. doi: 10.1038/s43856-024-00548-1

Table 1.

SMA genetic epidemiology in two Arab populations based on screening studies

Country	UAE*	KSA¹⁷
Sample size (N)	1502	4198
Carrier frequency = number of carriers divided by total number of participants (N)	1:79 (1.3%)	1:39 (2.6%)
Allele frequency (q) = number of carriers divided by total number of chromosomes (N × 2)	0.0063	0.0128
Coefficient of inbreeding (F)	0.0222¹⁴	0.0241^14,18
Estimated incidence = q x F	1:7122	1:3192

^*Data from this study; UAE United Arab Emirates, KSA Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.