Table 1

Basic characteristics at recruitment, stratified for β-globin genotypes

β-Globin genotypeHbAA (n = 774)HbAC (n = 106)HbCC (n = 2)HbAS (n = 110)HbCS (n = 12)HbSS (n = 6)Total (n = 1010)
Genotype frequency, % 76.6 10.5 0.2 10.9 1.2 0.6 100 
Male:female 51:49 50:50 50:50 46:54 42:58 50:50 50:50 
Ethnicity, n (%)        
    Akan 682 (88.1) 80 (75.5) 2 (100) 95 (86.4) 9 (75.0) 4 (66.7) 872 (86.3) 
    Northerners 86 (11.1) 25 (23.6) 0 (0.0) 15 (13.6) 3 (25.0) 1 (16.7) 130 (12.9) 
    Others 6 (0.8) 1 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 8 (0.8) 
Mosquito protection,*381 (54.6) 46 (48.4) 1 (50.0) 43 (44.3) 7 (63.6) 2 (50.0) 480 (52.9) 
Born in the rainy season,365 (47.2) 53 (50.0) 1 (50.0) 48 (43.6) 5 (41.7) 3 (50.0) 475 (47.0) 
Mother's age, y (mean ± SD) 27.2 ± 6.3 28.1 ± 6.2 30.3 ± 5.5 27.1 ± 6.1 27.1 ± 5.5 26.1 ± 7.2 27.3 ± 6.3 
β-Globin genotypeHbAA (n = 774)HbAC (n = 106)HbCC (n = 2)HbAS (n = 110)HbCS (n = 12)HbSS (n = 6)Total (n = 1010)
Genotype frequency, % 76.6 10.5 0.2 10.9 1.2 0.6 100 
Male:female 51:49 50:50 50:50 46:54 42:58 50:50 50:50 
Ethnicity, n (%)        
    Akan 682 (88.1) 80 (75.5) 2 (100) 95 (86.4) 9 (75.0) 4 (66.7) 872 (86.3) 
    Northerners 86 (11.1) 25 (23.6) 0 (0.0) 15 (13.6) 3 (25.0) 1 (16.7) 130 (12.9) 
    Others 6 (0.8) 1 (0.9) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 0 (0.0) 8 (0.8) 
Mosquito protection,*381 (54.6) 46 (48.4) 1 (50.0) 43 (44.3) 7 (63.6) 2 (50.0) 480 (52.9) 
Born in the rainy season,365 (47.2) 53 (50.0) 1 (50.0) 48 (43.6) 5 (41.7) 3 (50.0) 475 (47.0) 
Mother's age, y (mean ± SD) 27.2 ± 6.3 28.1 ± 6.2 30.3 ± 5.5 27.1 ± 6.1 27.1 ± 5.5 26.1 ± 7.2 27.3 ± 6.3 
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