Research Article

Deletional Alpha-Thalassemia Alleles in Amazon Blood Donors

Table 2

Overall alpha-thalassemia genotypes among the first-time blood donors from FHEMOAM (2016-2017)

Genderα-Globin genotypesTotal
αα/αα −α3.7/ααα3.7/α3.7α4.2−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