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Table 1 Carrier rates of pathogenic genes for each target disease in the 320 subjects who underwent ECS

From: Clinical application value of expanded carrier screening in the population of childbearing age

Disease

Disease gene

Number of carriers (n, case)

Carrier rate (%)

Hereditary deafness

GJB2

14

4.38

SLC26A4

12

3.75

Wilson's disease

ATP7B

13

4.06

Congenital adrenal hyperplasia

CYP21A2

9

2.81

Spinal muscular atrophy

SMN1

8

2.50

Phenylketonuria

PAH

8

2.50

PTS

2

0.63

Thalassemia

HBA1/HBA2

5

1.56

HBB

1

0.31

Methylmalonic acidemia

MMACHC

4

1.25

MMUT

1

0.31

Fragile X syndrome

FMR1

1

0.31

  1. n the number of carriers of the pathogenic genes in the study subjects