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Table 7 ⍺- and β-globin genotypes identified in Thai and migrant cohorts in Chonburi, Thailand

From: Feasibility of and barriers to thalassemia screening in migrant populations: a cross-sectional study of Myanmar and Cambodian migrants in Thailand

Disease Category

Genotype

 

Migrants

Thai (N = 1232)

Myanmar (N = 121)

Cambodian (N = 156)

Combined (N = 277)

N

%

N

%

N

%

N

%

Carriers of ⍺-globin variant

-⍺3.7/⍺⍺

126

10.2

34

28.1

30

19.2

64

23.1

-⍺4.2/⍺⍺

13

1.1

1

0.8

0

0

1

0.4

-⍺3.7/−⍺3.7

4

0.3

2

1.7

1

0.6

3

1.1

-⍺3.7/−⍺4.2

1

0.1

0

0

1

0.6

1

0.4

-⍺3.7/⍺CS

8

0.6

0

0

0

0

0

0

- -SEA/⍺⍺

34

2.8

1

0.8

2

1.3

3

1.1

CS⍺/⍺⍺

35

2.8

0

0

0

0

0

0

PS⍺/⍺⍺

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

QZ⍺/⍺⍺

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

223

18.1

38

31.4

34

21.8

72

26.0

Carriers of β-globin variant

βE

186

15.1

10

8.3

29

18.6

39

14.1

βD

3

0.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

βIVSI-1

1

0.1

1

0.8

1

0.6

2

0.7

βIVSII-654

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

βCD17

5

0.4

0

0

0

0

0

0

βCD71/72

1

0.1

1

0.8

0

0

1

0.4

βCD41/42

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

βCD27/28

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

β−28

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

β-3.48

2

0.2

1

0.8

0

0

1

0.4

Total

202

16.4

13

10.7

30

19.2

43

15.5

Double heterozygous carriers

-⍺3.7/⍺⍺ + βE

28

2.3

2

1.7

18

11.5

20

7.2

-⍺4.2/⍺⍺ + βE

6

0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

-⍺3.7/−⍺3.7 + βE

5

0.4

0

0

2

1.3

2

0.7

- -SEA/⍺⍺ + βE

8

0.6

0

0

1

0.6

1

0.4

- -THAI/⍺⍺ + βE

0

0

0

0

1

0.6

1

0.4

CS⍺/⍺⍺ + βE

5

0.4

0

0

0

0

0

0

PS⍺/⍺⍺ + βE

0

0

0

0

1

0.6

1

0.4

-⍺3.7/⍺⍺ + βD

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

-⍺3.7/⍺⍺ + βCD41/42

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

-⍺3.7/⍺⍺ + βCD35

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

-⍺3.7/⍺⍺ + β−28

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

-⍺3.7/⍺⍺ + βIVSI-1

0

0

2

0.8

0

0

2

0.7

-⍺3.7/⍺⍺ + βCD110a

0

0

1

0.8

0

0

1

0.4

CS⍺/⍺⍺ + βIVSI-1

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

57

4.6

5

4.1

23

14.7

28

10.1

Homozygous Hb E (with/without ⍺-thalassemia)

βEE

25

2.0

0

0

3

0.2

3

1.1

-⍺3.7/⍺⍺ + βEE

4

0.3

1

0.1

1

0.1

2

0.7

-⍺3.7/−⍺3.7 + βEE

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

CS⍺/⍺⍺ + βEE

3

0.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

33

2.7

1

0.8

4

2.6

5

1.8

Hb H disease (with/without ⍺-thalassemia)

- -SEA/−⍺3.7

6

0.5

0

0

0

0

0

0

- -SEA/⍺CS

3

0.2

0

0

0

0

0

0

- -SEA/⍺CS⍺ + βE

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

- -SEA/⍺WM⍺ + βE

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

11

0.9

0

0

0

0

0

0

Compound heterozygous β-thalassemia

βCD41/42E

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Total

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Other ⍺-thalassemia diseases

CS⍺/⍺CS

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

CS⍺/⍺PS⍺ + βE

1

0.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

⍺ triplication

5

0.4

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

⍺ triplication + βE

6

0.5

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

NT

Total

13

1.1

0

0

0

0

0

0

Any thalassemia carrier

Total

540

43.8

57

47.1

91

58.3

148

53.4

  1. NT Not tested, CS Constant Spring, PS Pakse, QZ Quang Sze, WM Westmead
  2. a βCD110 is also known as Hb Showa-Yakushiji