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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of selected people and frequency of people with previous malaria episodes by G6PDd classification

From: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency prevalence and genetic variants in malaria endemic areas of Colombia

Area

Ethnicity

n (%)

Severe

Intermediate

Normal

Overproduction

Buenaventura

Afrocolombian

94

2

12

78

2

Mestizo

4

0

1

3

0

Other

20

0

0

20

0

Total

118

2

13

101

2

Quibdo

Afrocolombian

86

0

1

85

0

Mestizo

4

0

0

4

0

Other

10

0

1

9

0

Total

100

0

2

98

0

Tierralta

Afrocolombian

2

0

0

2

0

Mestizo

94

0

3

88

3

Other

23

0

1

21

1

Total

119

0

4

111

4

Tumaco

Afrocolombian

44

2

1

40

1

Mestizo

11

0

1

10

0

Other

34

2

1

30

1

Total

89

4

3

80

2

Previous malaria episodes

 No

147

1

4

139

3

 Yes

279

5

18

251

5

Total

426

6

22

390

8