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Table 2 Estimated prevalence and carrier frequency among ethnicities and ancestries

From: The global prevalence and ethnic heterogeneity of iron-refractory iron deficiency anaemia

Population

Genetic prevalence (per million)

Carrier frequency (per thousand)

 

95% CI

 

95% CI†

Non-Finnish European

1.54

0.87, 2.5

2.48

2.11, 2.92

American Admixed/Latino

0.14

0.05, 0.41

0.75

0.44, 1.29

African/African American

3.55

1.76, 7.18

3.77

2.65, 5.36

South Asian

0.75

0.35, 1.6

1.73

1.19, 2.53

East Asian

1.51

0.67, 3.42

2.46

0.69, 2.18

All

1.02

0.82, 1.28

2.02

1.8, 2.28

  1. †CI: confidence interval.