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In this respect, we attempted in this study to set cut-off values of G6PD activity to discriminate among normal, heterozygous, and deficient individuals using the World Health Organization (WHO) classification and the receiver operating characteristics (ROC) curve analysis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Methods:<\/jats:title>Blood samples from 250 female and 302 male subjects were enrolled in this study. The G6PD activity was determined using a quantitative assay. The common G6PD mutations in Tunisia were determined using the amplification refractory mutation system (ARMS-PCR) method. The ROC curve was used to choice the best cut-off.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results:<\/jats:title>Normal G6PD values were 7.69\u00b12.37, 7.86\u00b12.39, and 7.51\u00b12.35 U\/g Hb for the entire, male, and female groups, respectively. Cut-off values for the total, male, and female were determined using the WHO classification and ROC curves analysis. In the male population, both cut-offs established using ROC curve analysis (4.00 U\/g Hb) and the 60% level (3.82 U\/g Hb), respectively are sensitive and specific resulting in a good efficiency of discrimination between deficient and normal males. For the female group the ROC cut-off (5.84 U\/g Hb) seems better than the 60% level cut-off (3.88 U\/g Hb) to discriminate between normal and heterozygote or homozygote women with higher Youden Index.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>The establishment of the normal values for a population is important for a better evaluation of the assay result. 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