Research Article
Assessment of Hemoglobin Variants in Patients Receiving Health Care at the Ho Teaching Hospital: A Three-Year Retrospective Study
Table 2
Annual SCD pattern among the study participants.
| | Parameters | Total | Year category | value | | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| | | 255 (100.00) | 81 (31.76) | 82 (32.16) | 92 (36.08) | | | Gender | | Male | 111 (43.53) | 41 (36.94) | 33 (29.73) | 37 (33.33) | 0.297 | | Female | 144 (56.47) | 40 (27.78) | 49 (34.03) | 55 (38.19) | |
| | Age group | | | | | | | <5 | 64 (25.10) | 22 (34.38) | 24 (37.50) | 18 (28.13) | 0.433 | | 5–14 | 82 (32.16) | 29 (35.37) | 26 (31.71) | 27 (32.93) | | | 15–24 | 47 (18.43) | 12 (25.53) | 14 (29.79) | 21 (44.68) | | | 25–34 | 43 (16.86) | 15 (34.88) | 9 (20.93) | 19 (44.19) | | | 35–60 | 16 (6.27) | 2 (12.50) | 8 (50.00) | 6 (37.50) | | | ≥61 | 3 (1.18) | 1 (33.33) | 1 (33.33) | 1 (33.33) | |
| | Hb variants | | | | | | | SC | 121 (47.45) | 32 (26.45) | 48 (39.67) | 41 (33.88) | <0.001 | | SF | 39 (15.29) | 19 (48.72) | 18 (46.15) | 2 (5.13) | | | SS | 95 (37.25) | 30 (31.58) | 16 (16.84) | 49 (51.58) | |
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