Table 2.
Overall alpha-thalassemia genotypes among the first-time blood donors from FHEMOAM (2016-2017)
Gender | α-Globin genotypes | Total | ||||
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αα/αα | −α3.7/αα | α 3.7/α3.7 | −α4.2 | −MED, −FIL, SEA, 20.5 | ||
Male (%) | 671 (93.9) | 37 (5.2) | 05 (0.7) | 01 (0.1) | — | 714 |
Female (%) | 264 (96.0) | 9 (3.3) | 02 (0.7) | — | — | 275 |
Total (%) | 935 (94.4) | 46 (4.7) | 07 (0.7) | 01 (0.1) | — | 989 |