With an anticipated 40% of participants in the exposed group (high FBD) and 60% participants in the unexposed group (low FBD), we will have 90% power (at p<0.05) to detect a 0.4 g/L difference in Hb concentrations, and more than 80% power to detect a 16 percentage points difference in absolute terms in the prevalence of anaemia (e.g., 27% vs 43%). This evidence concerns the gene GSTM1 and anemia.