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Table 1 Sickle cell trait protects against excess malaria

From: Identifying children with excess malaria episodes after adjusting for variation in exposure: identification from a longitudinal study using statistical count models

 

Group

 

Genotype

Normal

Excess

P value

AA

281 (77.8 %)

204 (96.7 %)

0.001

AS

78 (21.6 %)

7 (3.3 %)

0.001

SS

2 (0.6 %)

0

–

Total

361

211

 
  1. The numbers in brackets are percentages out of the total for the column. Fisher’s exact test was applied to test for differences
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BMC Medicine

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