Assessment of CareStart G6PD rapid diagnostic test and CareStart G6PD biosensor in Mauritania

Table 1 Characteristics of included patients

Characteristics	Males	Females
Number	74	249
Mean age (± SD; range) (years)	11.4 ± 14.6 (1.1–70)	27.2 ± 12.2 (1.1–91)
Age groups (years)* 1–18 (n, %) ≥ 18 (n, %)	62 (83.8) 12 (16.2)	44 (17.7) 20582.3)
Ethnic groups (n, %)** White Moors Black Moors Pular Wolof Soninke Black Moor-Fulani or Wolof Pular-Soninké	45 (60.8) 18 (24.3) 4 (5.4) 2 (2.7) 2 (2.7) 0 1 (1.4)	97 (39.0) 56 (22.5) 63 (25.3) 21 (8.4) 8 (3.2) 2 (0.8) 0
Mean haemoglobin (± SD; range) (g/dL)	11.3 ± 2.2 (5.5–16.7)	11.4 ± 1.7 (6.0–14.9)
Anaemia*** Children < 5 year (< 11.0 g/dL) (n/N, %) Children 5–11 year (< 11.5 g/dL) (n/N, %) Children 12–14 year (< 12.0 g/dL) (n/N, %) Adults > 15 year old (< 12.0–13.0 g/dL) (n/N, %)	13/23 (56.5) 14/31 (45.2) 2/6 (33.3) 8/14 (57.1)	7/13 (53.8) 8/14 (57.1) 4/7 (57.1) 122/215 (56.7)

n number of patients with the characteristics, N total number of patients in the group, SD standard deviation
*The age of majority is 18 years old in Mauritania
**White Moors are an ethnic group of Arab-Berber origin. Black Moors, Pular, Wolof, and Soninke are of black African ancestry. Four missing data on ethnic groups (2 among males and 2 among females)
***Haemoglobin levels and age groups were based on the World Health Organization (WHO) classification [40]. For adults, anaemia is defined as < 13.0 g/dL in men and < 12.0 g/dL in non-pregnant women. The cut-off for anaemia in pregnant women (< 11.0 g/dL) is lower than that of non-pregnant women. It was assumed that none of the included female patients were pregnant because information on possible pregnancy was not obtained and pregnancy test was not performed

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