In vitro delayed response to dihydroartemisinin of malaria parasites infecting sickle cell erythocytes

Malaria Journal

Table 2 Distribution of different haemoglobin phenotypes by age group

		HbAA (n = 72)	HbAS	HbAC	HbSS	HbSC
		HbAA (n = 72)	(n = 19)	(n = 7)	(n = 23)	(n = 13)
Mean age (years). [± SD]		12.90 ± 13	13.47 ± 10.67	12.43 ± 4.76	10.17 ± 4.42	19.15 ± 14.12
< 5 yrs	N (%) Patients	29 (40.28%)	6 (31.58%)	0 (0%)	5 (21.74%)	2 (15.38%)
< 5 yrs	Mean age [± SD]	3.3 ± 1.44	3.33 ± 1.36	–	4.6 ± 0.55	4 ± 0.0
> 5 yrs	N (%) Patients	43 (59.72%)	13 (68.42%)	7 (100%)	18 (78.26%)	11 (84.61%)
> 5 yrs	Mean age [± SD]	19.37 ± 13.33	18.15 ± 9.75	12.43 ± 4.76	11.72 ± 3.68	21.91 ± 13.60
P-Values			HbAA vs HbAS	HbAA vs HbAC	HbAA vs HbSS	HbAA vs HbSC
> 5 yrs	Mean age		0.668	0.089	0.172	0.161

N number of patients, HbSS homozygous pathological haemoglobin; HbSC double heterozygous pathological haemoglobin; HbAS and HbAC asymptomatic form; HbAA normal haemoglobin; SD standard deviation; yrs years

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