An up-date on the prevalence of sickle cell trait in Eastern and Western Uganda

BMC Hematology

Table 1 Summary of the observed prevalence of AS and SS and expected prevalence of SS in eastern and western Uganda, 2007.

Study area	Observed prevalence of AS (%)	Observed prevalence of SS (%)	Expected prevalence of SS*
Mbale/Sironko (Eastern Uganda) n = 286	17.5	1.75	4.20
	[95% CI 13.5-22.3]	[95% CI 0.63-4.15]
Mbarara/Ntungamo (Western Uganda) N = 370	3.0	0.0	1.70
	[95% CI 1.61-5.31]	[95% CI 0.0-1.24]
Buundibugyo (Western Uganda) N = 201	13.4	3	3.70
	[95% CI 9.35-18.94]	[95% CI 0.31-4.50]

* Expected prevalence of SS = square root of AS prevalence according to Mordell and Darlison [16].

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