Research Article
Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency and Sickle Cell Trait among Prospective Blood Donors: A Cross-Sectional Study in Berekum, Ghana
Table 6
Logistic regression of factors associated with sickle haemoglobin variant (AS).
| Parameters | OR (95% CI) | value |
| Age group | | | 18–29 | 0.229 (0.014–3.826) | 0.305 | 30–39 | 0.250 (0.015–4.217) | 0.336 | 40–49 | 0.231 (0.011–4.838) | 0.345 | 50–59 | Reference | | Sex | | | Male | 0.711 (0.183–2.758) | 0.621 | Female | Reference | | G6PD status | | | Normal | Reference | | Partial defect | 5.029 (5.029) | | Full defect | 3.627 (1.630–8.067) | 0.002 | G6PD activity | | | Mild deficiency | 2.410 (1.049–5.534) | 0.038 | Nondeficient | 0.676 (0.273–1.676) | 0.398 | Increased activity | Reference | — | Donor type | | | Commercial | 5.609 (1.309–24.035) | 0.020 | Voluntary | 2.404 (1.071–5.397) | 0.034 | Replacement | Reference | — |
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OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval.
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