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Table 3 Hemoglobin genotypes of the pregnant women with and without anemia

From: Biochemical and hematological changes among anemic and non-anemic pregnant women attending antenatal clinic at the Bolgatanga regional hospital, Ghana

Hb Genotype

Anemic

n = 253

Non-Anemic

n = 147

p-value

AA

166 (65.6%)

105 (71.4%)

0.5428

AC

24 (9.5%)

32 (21.8%)

0.0327

AS

41 (16.2%)

6 (4.1%)

0.0081

CC

9 (3.6%)

4 (2.7%)

0.4448

SC

12 (4.7%)

–

–

SS

1 (0.4%)

–

–

  1. Values are presented as n (%). Comparisons between proportions of anemic and non-anemic groups were performed using Fischer’s exact test. p < 0.05 was considered statistically significant different
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