Assessment of Hemoglobin Variants in Patients Receiving Health Care at the Ho Teaching Hospital: A Three-Year Retrospective Study

Table 3

Gender-based classification anemia stratified by Hb genotype.

	Total	Grade of anemia				value
		Severe	Moderate	Mild	Normal
Males
Hb genotype	49 (43.36)	19 (38.78)	10 (20.41)	11 (22.45)	9 (18.37)
SC	23 (46.94)	2 (8.70)	6 (26.09)	8 (34.78)	7 (30.43)	0.006
SS	19 (38.78)	12 (63.16)	3 (15.79)	3 (15.79)	1 (5.26)
SF	7 (14.29)	5 (71.43)	1 (14.29)	0 (0.00)	1 (14.29)
Females
Hb genotype	63 (55.75)	26 (41.27)	17 (26.98)	12 (19.05)	8 (12.70)
SC	24 (38.10)	3 (12.50)	7 (29.17)	9 (37.50)	5 (20.83)	0.004
SS	29 (46.03)	18 (62.07)	7 (24.14)	1 (3.45)	3 (10.34)
SF	10 (15.87)	5 (50.00)	3 (30.00)	2 (20.00)	0 (0.00)

Data are presented as frequency with corresponding percentage in parenthesis. value is significant at <0.05.