Association between alpha-thalassaemia trait, Plasmodium falciparum asexual parasites and gametocyte carriage in a malaria endemic area in Southern Ghana

Table 2 Single marker association of α-thalassaemia alleles with P. falciparum infection

Population	Additive model		Recessive model		Dominant model
Population	OR (95% CI)	P-value	OR (95% CI)	P-value	OR (95% CI)	P-value
Asexual parasites	1.10 (0.81–1.49)	0.53	1.41 (0.71–2.81)	0.33	1.05 (0.71–1.56)	0.797
Gametocytes	0.88 (0.4–1.6)	0.67	1.42 (0.4–4.98)	0.60	0.71 (0.32–1.58)	0.40

Odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) were determined using multivariate logistic regression adjusting for age
P < 0.05 is significant

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