The aim of this study was to analyze in 57 beta-thalassemia intermedia patients with very various genotypes the effects on fetal hemoglobin levels of SNPs lying in three genes or chromosome regions which include the XmnI (G)gamma polymorphism at position -158 of the HBG2 promoter (rs7482144), two SNPs located in the BCL11A region (rs4671393 and rs11886868) and three SNPs located in the HBS1L-MYB region (rs28384513, rs9399137 and rs4895441).