Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of children and parent’s hemoglobin phenotypes
From: Hemoglobin phenotypes of children attending pediatric clinics in Lomé, Togo, 2022
Variable | Sex | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Female N = 1381 | Male N = 1791 | Overall N = 3171 | p-value2 | |
Age (yr), Median (IQR) | 8 (4–12) | 7 (4–11) | 8 (4–12) | 0.469 |
Age classes (yr) | 0.389 | |||
< 5 | 41 (29.7) | 47 (26.3) | 88 (27.8) | |
5–9 | 39 (28.3) | 67 (37.4) | 106 (33.4) | |
10–14 | 39 (28.3) | 45 (25.1) | 84 (26.5) | |
15–19 | 19 (13.7) | 20 (11.2) | 39 (12.3) | |
Type of patient | 0.981 | |||
Outpatient | 87 (64.0) | 113 (63.8) | 200 (63.9) | |
Hospitalized | 49 (36.0) | 64 (36.2) | 113 (36.1) | |
Missing data | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Level of Education of children | 0.252 | |||
No formal education | 38 (27.9) | 43 (24.0) | 81 (25.7) | |
Primary | 57 (41.9) | 95 (53.1) | 152 (48.3) | |
Secondary | 32 (23.5) | 33 (18.4) | 65 (20.6) | |
Tertiary | 9 (6.6) | 8 (4.5) | 17 (5.4) | |
Missing data | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
Father’s hemoglobin phenotype | 0.215 | |||
AA | 9 (6.6) | 15 (8.4) | 24 (7.6) | |
AC | 0 (0.0) | 2 (1.1) | 2 (0.6) | |
AS | 2 (1.4) | 8 (4.5) | 10 (3.2) | |
Unknown | 126 (91.3) | 154 (86.0) | 280 (88.3) | |
SBThal | 1 (0.7) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.3) | |
Mother’s hemoglobin phenotype | 0.079 | |||
AA | 9 (6.5) | 18 (10.0) | 27 (8.5) | |
AC | 1 (0.7) | 1 (0.6) | 2 (0.6) | |
AS | 3 (2.2) | 13 (7.3) | 16 (5.0) | |
Unknown | 125 (90.6) | 147 (82.1) | 272 (85.9) | |
Parents’ knowledge of their hemoglobin status | 0.031 | |||
None | 117 (84.8) | 141 (78.8) | 258 (81.4) | |
One | 17 (12.3) | 19 (10.6) | 36 (11.4) | |
Both | 4 (2.9) | 19 (10.6) | 23 (7.2) | |