联合检测HbA2和HbF对于筛查育龄人群地中海贫血突变携带者的价值

目的:评价HbA2和HbF联合检测对于筛查福建泉州地区育龄人群地中海贫血(简称地贫)的应用价值，并寻找本地区的最佳截断值。方法:11 428例疑似地贫患者同时行毛细管血红蛋白电泳和α、β地贫基因诊断，应用统计学方法分析各型地贫的分布情况及HbA2和HbF筛查各型地贫的性能比较，根据绘制ROC曲线得出HbA2和HbF的最...

The value of combined detection of HbA2 and HbF for the screening of thalassemia among individuals of childbearing ages

Objective To assess the application value of combined detection of HbA2 and HbF for the screening of thalassemia among a population of childbearing age in Quanzhou,Fujian,and determine the optimal cut-off values for the region.Methods Capillary hemoglobin electrophoresis and genetic testing forαandβglobin gene mutations were simultaneously carried out on 11428 patients with suspected thalassemia.Statistical methods were used to analyze the distribution of various types of thalassemia and compare the performance of HbA2 and HbF measurement for the screening of various types of thalassemia.The optimal cut-off values for HbA2 and HbF were determined with the ROC curves.Results 4591 patients withα,β,andαβcompound thalassemia were identified by genetic testing.The most common genotypes forαandβthalassemia included--SEA/ααandβ654/βN,β41-42/βN,andβ17/βN.The ROC curves were drawn to compare the performance of HbA2 screening forα-,β-,αβ-compound,staticα-,mildα-,and intermediateα-thalassemia,and the maximum area under the curves was 0.674,0.984,0.936,0.499,0.731,0.956,and the optimal cut-off values for HbA2 were 2.45%,3.25%,3.65%,2.95%,2.55%,1.75%,respectively.Conclusion HbA2 is an efficient indicator for identifying intermediate types ofα-,β-,andαβcompound thalassemia.The combination of HbA2 and HbF measurement can effectively detect carriers forβ-thalassemia mutations.