Table 3 Estimated burden of carriers in the Southern Chinese population.

From: Comprehensive analysis of recessive carrier status using exome and genome sequencing data in 1543 Southern Chinese

Number of disease(s) carried in a person

Number of samples

Carrier rate (%)

0

806

52.2

1

555

36.0

2

152

9.9

3

21

1.4

4

7

0.5

5

2

0.1

  1. The table shows the estimated burden of carriers in the Southern Chinese population. Approximately 47.8% (n = 737) of individuals were carrier of at least one recessive condition.
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