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Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2017 Aug 17;65(1):10.1002/pbc.26745. doi: 10.1002/pbc.26745

Table 2.

Deaths, readmissions and outpatient clinic visits for children with SMA and HbAA or HbSS during 2-year follow up

	HbAA N= 207	HbSS N= 22	P value
Died, n (%)	7 (3.4%)	1 (4.5%)	0.77^a
Incidence of death per 1000 person years	17.29	25.36	0.33^b
Incidence of all cause readmissions per 1000 person years	51.89	126.81	0.05^b
Incidence of severe malaria readmissions per 1000 person years	42.01	25.36	0.35^b
Incidence of uncomplicated malaria visits per 1000 person years	106.26	202.90	0.06^b

Children with HbAS not shown because of low numbers (n=2)

Compared by χ² analysis

Incidence rates compared by negative binomial regression.