Table 1.
G6PD deficiency and "risk factors". "Risk factors" for G6PD deficiency such as ethnic origin, socio-economic status, migration, and malaria infections, assessed in the questionnaire.
| Risk factors | DUSHANBE (deficient/total) |
DANGARA (deficient/total) |
KUBODYION (deficient/total) |
TOTAL (deficient/total) |
| Ethnic origin | ||||
| Tajik | 2/109 | 1/115 | 1/53 | 4/277 |
| Uzbek | 0/9 | 0/14 | 4/71 | 4/94 |
| Tajiks reporting haemolysis among relatives | 4/109 | 6/115 | 3/53 | 13/27 |
| Uzbeks reporting haemolysis among relatives | 0/9 | 4/13* | 2/71 | 6/93 |
| Socio-economic status | ||||
| Class I | 0/25 | 0/34 | 0/25 | 0/84 |
| Class II | 1/14 | 0/21 | 1/24 | 2/59 |
| Class III | 0/8 | 1/26 | 2/26 | 3/60 |
| Class IV | 0/28 | 0/30 | 2/40 | 2/98 |
| Class V | 1/50 | 0/19 | 0/10 | 1/79 |
| Migration | ||||
| Working abroad | 1/15 | 0/2 | 0/9 | 1/26 |
| Never worked abroad | 1/104 | 1/128 | 5/116 | 7/348 |
| Originating from the district | 1/36 | 1/121 | 5/119 | 7/276 |
| Malaria infections | ||||
| Previous malaria infection | 0/9 | 0/20 | 1/47 | 1/76 |
| Never suffered from malaria before | 2/116 | 1/109 | 4/77 | 7/302 |
* significant (X-squared = 4.9704, p-value = 0.02578)