Table 2. Results of the Cox PH model for TM patients .

Variables	Parameter estimation	SE *	P-value	HR
Birth place (near the sea)	-1.642	0.897	0.067	0.193
Age at onset of disease	0.320	0.156	0.040**	1.377
Age of Desferal injection	-0.027	0.109	0.807	0.974
Splenectomy (no)	-0.320	0.775	0.679	0.726
Maternal education	-0.431	0.470	0.358	0.650
Consanguinity (yes)	0.693	0.698	0.321	2.000
Age of transfused blood	-0.434	0.241	0.075	0.648
Born time (after 1997)	1.402	1.190	0.238	4.062
Gender (female)	-0.994	0.700	0.156	0.370
AIC=114.460	-	-	-	-

*Standard error; **Significant at alpha=0.05