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Table 4 Factors associated with %Hb F levels ≥2.5

From: Significantly elevated foetal haemoglobin levels in individuals with glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase disease and/or sickle cell trait: a cross-sectional study in Cape Coast, Ghana

Parameter

OR (95% CI)

P-value

Age group

  < 20

0.958 (0.160–5.746)

0.963

 20–29

1.420 (0.447–4.506)

0.552

 30–09

0.548 (0.121–2.471)

0.433

  ≥ 40

Reference

–

Sex

 Male

6.912 (2.277–20.984)

0.001

 Female

Reference

–

Haemoglobin (g/dL)

  < 12

0.610 (0.185–2.014)

0.417

  ≥ 12

Reference

–

G6PD status

Normal

Reference

–

 PD

7.567E8 (8.443E7–6.782E9)

< 0.001

 FD

1.238 (1.238E10)

–

Haemoglobin variant

 A

Reference

–

 AS

4.625 (1.196–17.881)

0.026