The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine

Table 2 Shows the demographics of G6PD deficiency patients (gender and age)

From: Evaluation of the prevalence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency in Al-Qassim region of Saudi Arabia

		N = 313^a	%	P value
Gender	Male	9/180	5	P =
Gender	Female	0/133	0	0.011
AGE	Infants (0–1 years)	3/262	1.1	P =
	Children (1–16 years)	4/7	5.7	0.001
	Adults (> 16 years)	2/44	4.5

^aThe total number of patients included was 313
G6PD activity was measured using the UDI kit Dammam, Saudi Arabia, using a quantitative photometric system (UV/kinetic)

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