Table 2. The regional distribution of G6PD genotypic variants and Plasmodium falciparum in Ghana.
| Regions | Brong Ahafo | Ashanti | Eastern | Central | Northern | Greater Accra | Upper West | Upper East | Volta | Western | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Genotypic variants | G6PD | P. falciparum | other malaria | G6PD | P. falciparum | other malaria | G6PD | P. falciparum | other malaria | G6PD | P. falciparum | other malaria | G6PD | P. falciparum | other malaria | G6PD | P. falciparum | other malaria | G6PD | P. falciparum | other malaria | G6PD | P. falciparum | other malaria | G6PD | P. falciparum | other malaria | G6PD | P. falciparum | other malaria |
| Female | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BB | 18 (2.45) | 7 (2.18) | - | 109 (14.79) | 33 (10.61) | - | 48 (6.10) | 11 (21.57) | - | 80 (16.19) | 63 (22.50) | - | 41 (7.37) | 39 (28.26) | - | 12 (2.05) | 7 (5.74) | - | 19 (2.82) | 5 (2.46) | - | 9 (1.51) | 7 (4.83) | - | 25 (5.38) | 19 (8.15) | 3 (15.79) | 7 (1.46) | 7 (2.49) | - |
| BA- | 62 (8.44) | 24 (7.48) | - | 63 (8.55) | 33 (10.61) | 2 (66.67) | 68 (8.64) | 8 (15.69) | - | 37 (7.49) | 14 (5.00) | 2 (66.67) | 69 (12.41) | 15 (10.87) | - | 81 (13.85) | 20 (16.39) | - | 85 (12.61) | 28 (13.79) | - | 63 (10.55) | 14 (9.66) | - | 37 (7.96) | 14 (6.01) | 3 (15.79) | 40 (8.37) | 17 (6.05) | 1 (33.33) |
| BA | 119 (16.19) | 62 (19.31) | - | 110 (14.93) | 56 (18.01) | - | 169 (21.47) | 9 (17.64) | - | 87 (17.61) | 69 (24.64) | - | 115 (20.68) | 2 (1.45) | 3 (75.00) | 90 (15.38) | 17 (13.93) | - | 126 (18.69) | 28 (13.79) | 2 (28.57) | 120 (20.10) | 22 (15.17) | - | 67 (14.41) | 32 (13.73) | 3 (15.79) | 63 (13.18) | 38 (13.52) | - |
| A-A- | 5 (0.68) | - | - | 4 (0.54) | - | - | 8 (1.02) | 1 (1.96) | - | 2 (0.40) | - | - | 5 (0.90) | 1 (0.72) | - | 3 (0.51) | - | - | 35 (5.19) | 2 (0.99) | - | 5 (0.84) | - | - | 6 (1.29) | - | - | 2 (0.42) | - | |
| AA- | 26 (3.54) | 13 (4.05) | - | 44 (5.97) | 23 (7.40) | - | 23 (2.92) | 2 (3.92) | - | 9 (1.82) | 3 (1.07) | - | 26 (4.68) | 5 (3.63) | - | 23 (3.93) | 9 (7.38) | - | 6 (0.89) | 6 (2.96) | - | 18 (3.02) | 5 (3.45) | - | 6 (1.29) | 6 (2.58) | - | 26 (5.44) | 14 (4.98) | - |
| AA | 37 (5.03) | 18 (5.61) | - | 41 (5.56) | 23 (7.40) | - | 49 (6.23) | 3 (5.88) | - | 17 (3.44) | 13 (4.64) | - | 11 (1.98) | 6 (4.35) | - | 29 (4.96) | 5 (4.10) | - | 34 (5.04) | 9 (4.43) | - | 26 (4.36) | 10 (6.90) | - | 15 (3.23) | 8 (3.43) | 1 (5.26) | 28 (5.86) | 20 (7.12) | - |
| Male | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| B | 353 (48.03) | 129 (40.19) | 1 (100.0) | 256 (34.73) | 76 (24.43) | 1 (33.33) | 321 (40.79) | 11 (21.57) | - | 206 (41.70) | 79 (28.21) | 1 (33.33) | 208 (37.41) | 50 (36.23) | - | 242 (41.37) | 42 (34.43) | - | 263 (39.02) | 90 (44.33) | 4 (57.14) | 286 (47.91) | 66 (45.52) | 1 (100) | 263 (56.56) | 153 (65.67) | 7 (36.84) | 243 (50.84) | 142 (50.53) | 2 (66.67) |
| A- | 49 (6.67) | 29 (9.03) | - | 36 (4.88) | 23 (7.40) | - | 39 (4.96) | 1 (1.96) | - | 21 (4.25) | 10 (3.57) | - | 35 (6.29) | 10 (7.25) | 1 (25.00) | 38 (6.50) | 8 (6.50) | - | 45 (6.68) | 18 (8.87) | 1 (14.29) | 34 (5.70) | 9 (6.21) | - | 16 (3.44) | - | - | 25 (5.23) | 16 (5.69) | - |
| A | 66 (8.98) | 39 (12.15) | - | 74 (10.04) | 44 (14.15) | - | 62 (7.89) | 5 (9.80) | - | 35 (7.09) | 29 (10.36) | - | 46 (8.27) | 10 (7.25) | - | 67 (11.45) | 14 (11.48) | - | 61 (9.05) | 17 (8.37) | - | 36 (6.03) | 12 (8.28) | - | 30 (6.45) | 1 (0.43) | 2 (10.53) | 44 (9.21) | 27 (9.61) | - |
| Total | 735 (12.03) | 321 (15.78) | 1 (2.44) | 737 (12.07) | 311 (15.293) | 3 (7.32) | 787 (12.88) | 51 (2.51) | - | 494 (8.09) | 280 (13.77) | 3 (7.32) | 556 (9.58) | 138 (6.78) | 4 (9.76) | 585 (9.58) | 122 (6.00) | - | 674 (11.03) | 203 (9.98) | 7 (17.07) | 597 (9.77) | 145 (7.13) | 1 (2.44) | 465 (7.61) | 233 (11.46) | 19 (46.34) | 478 (7.83) | 281 (13.81) | 3 (7.32) |