|
Population
|
Number of identified carriers
|
Number of study participants
|
Carrier frequency
|
95% CI
|
|---|
|
Araba
|
152
|
9058
|
0.017
|
0.014–0.019
|
|
Asian
|
2492
|
119,718
|
0.021
|
0.020–0.022
|
|
Asian Indian
|
20
|
1465
|
0.014
|
0.008–0.020
|
|
Black (Sub-Saharan ancestry)
|
80
|
8012
|
0.010
|
0.008–0.012
|
|
Caucasian
|
680
|
31,549
|
0.022
|
0.020–0.023
|
|
Hispanic
|
127
|
9649
|
0.013
|
0.011–0.015
|
|
Jewish
|
1059
|
59,196
|
0.018
|
0.017–0.019
|
- Median and 95% posterior intervals of SMA carrier frequencies, based on studies presented in Additional file 2. Only ethnicities studied in more than one study are included
-
CI confidence interval
-
a) The isolated Muslim Israeli Arab village [59] has been omitted
