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The present study was undertaken to analyse \u03b2-thalassaemia as well as SCA patients for the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP), rs11886868 (T\/C) in\n BCL11A<\/jats:italic>\n gene and to evaluate the association between this polymorphism and severity of \u03b2-thalassaemia major and SCA.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Methods:<\/jats:title>\n \n A total of 620 samples (420 \u03b2-thalassaemia major and 200 SCA cases) were analysed before blood transfusion using basic screening tests like complete blood analysis and osmotic fragility and further confirmed by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), amplification refractory mutation system-polymerase chain reaction (ARMS-PCR) and reverse dot blot techniques. All patients were transfusion dependent. Patients with \u03b2-thalassaemia and SCA were classified into mild, moderate, severe according to the severity score based on Hb levels, age of onset, age at which patients received their first blood transfusion, the degree of growth retardation and splenectomy. \u03b2-thalassaemia as well as SCA patients were analysed for the SNP, rs11886868 (T\/C) in\n BCL11A<\/jats:italic>\n gene and association between this polymorphism and severity of \u03b2-thalassaemia major as well as SCA was evaluated.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results:<\/jats:title>\n \n There was a significant difference in genotypic and allelic frequencies of\n BCL11A<\/jats:italic>\n gene polymorphism between mild and moderate and mild and severe cases in both the groups. A significant (\n P<\/jats:italic>\n <0.001) difference was observed in the mean HbF levels between the three genotypes in different severity groups. 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