Significance of Lewis Phenotyping Using Saliva and Gastric Tissue: Comparison with the Lewis Phenotype Inferred from Lewis and Secretor Genotypes

Table 1

Lewis genotype and allele frequencies by erythrocyte Lewis phenotype*.

	Le(a−b−); (𝑛=26)	Le(a+b−); (𝑛=54)	Le(a−b+); (𝑛=128)	Le(a+b+); (𝑛=1)
Le/Le	6**	33	69	0	108
Le/le ^59/508	14**	20	45	0	79
Le/le ^59/1067	2**	1	9	1	13
Le/Le ^59	0	0	4	0	4
le ^59/508/le ^59/508	4	0	1**	0	5
Le allele	28	87	196	1	312 (74.6)
le ^59/508 allele	22	20	47	0	89 (21.3)
le ^59/1067 allele	2	1	9	1	13 (3.1)
Le ^59allele	0	0	4	0	4 (1.0)

∗Values are number or number (percentage).
∗∗Inconsistency between the erythrocyte Lewis phenotypes and the Lewis phenotypes by the inference from Lewis genotypes.