Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency risk factors
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Overview
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency is an X-linked recessive hereditary disease featuring abnormally low levels of the G6PD enzyme, which plays an important role in red blood cell function. Individuals with the disease may exhibit non-immune hemolytic anemia in response to a number of causes. It is closely linked to favism, a disorder characterized by a hemolytic reaction to consumption of broad beans, with a name derived from the Italian name of the broad bean (fava). Sometimes the name, favism, is alternatively used to refer to the enzyme deficiency as a whole.
Risk Factors
- Ethnic groups
- African American
- Middle Eastern decent, particularly Kurdish or Sephardic Jewish
- Male
- Family history of the deficiency