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, Abbreviations: SCA, sickle cell anemia

, The reference group for the allelic model was allele A. The reference group for -? 3.7 thalessemia was the absence of -? 3.7 thalassemia. For the fetal hemoglobin there was no reference group. For steady state hemoglobin there was no reference group

, Fetal hemoglobin (%)

, Steady state hemoglobin (g/dL)

, The Bonferroni adjusted ? = 0.001667, where the number of tests performed per inheritance model per locus n = 30

R. C. Team, Note 1: The interactions between factors were tested but because they were not statistically significant they were not included in the final model, 2013.

:. Abreviations and . S. Sca, Standard Error; CI, Confidence interval. there was no reference group. The reference group for -? 3.7 thalessemia was the absence of -? 3.7 thalassemia. The reference group for the HBB*S haplotype, The reference group for male gender was female gender

, Hemolytic component per score unit

, Fetal hemoglobin (%)

, The Bonferroni adjusted ? = 0.001471, where the number of tests performed per inheritance model per locus n = 34

R. C. Team, Note 1: The interactions between factors were tested but because they were not statistically significant they were not included in the final model, 2013.

, Abreviations: SCA, sickle cell anemia

S. E. , Standard Error

, Confidence interval; Indel, insertion or deletion variation

, Del, deletion; Ins, insertion