Research Article

Rare Mutations of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor Gamma: Frequencies and Relationship with Insulin Resistance and Diabetes Risk in the Mixed Ancestry Population from South Africa

Table 2

Genotype distributions, minor allele frequencies, and unadjusted -values for comparing genotype distribution according to diabetes status and additive allelic effects between diabetes groups.

No diabetesDiabetes-valueOverall

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PPARG (rs3856806)
 C/C, (%)436 (72.9)172 (77.5)0.215608 (74.1)
 C/T, (%)147 (24.5)48 (21.6)195 (23.8)
 T/T, (%)15 (2.5)2 (0.9)17 (2.1)
 T, (%)177 (14.8)52 (11.7)0.128229 (14.0)
HWE (-value)0.5170.7470.771

HWE: Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE -values are from exact tests); PPARG: peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma.