Table 4.

The association of thalassemia and anemic status in malaria infected samples

Thalassemia	Anemic status
	Non- anemia (%)	Mild anemia (%)	Moderate anemia (%)	Severe anemia (%)
Malaria with thalassemiaa	10	7	7	6
Hb E	6	2	4	2
β-thalassemiab	0	0	0	1
α-thalassemia 1	0	1	0	0
α-thalassemia 2	4	3	1	2
Hb E/α-thalassemia 2c	0	0	0	1
β/α-thalassemia 2	0	1	2	0
Malaria without thalassemia	36	20	11	3d

^aStatistically significant difference from patients with thalassemia (P=0.016).

^bStatistically significant difference from patients with other types of thalassemia and without thalassemia (P=0.023).

^cStatistically significant difference from patients with other types of thalassemia and without thalassemia (P=0.023).

^dStatistically significant difference from patients with other types of thalassemia (P=0.019).