Research Article

Paraoxonase1 Genetic Polymorphisms in a Mixed Ancestry African Population

Table 1

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

Without diabetesDiabetesOverallMenWomen

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PON1 rs662
QQ192, (%)97 (16.0)36 (15.1)0.028133 (15.8)32 (15.4)101 (15.9)0.722
Q192R, (%)272 (44.9)130 (54.6)402 (47.6)104 (50.0)298 (46.9)
192RR, (%)237 (39.1)72 (30.3)309 (36.6)72 (34.6)237 (37.3)
Q, (%)466 (38.4)202 (42.4)668 (39.6)168 (40.4)500 (39.3)
R, (%)746 (61.6)274 (57.6)1020 (60.4)248 (59.6)772 (60.7)
HWE ( value)0.1990.0850.9430.6660.678

PON1 rs854560
55MM, (%)420 (69.3)156 (65.6)0.168576 (68.3)152 (73.1)424 (66.7)0.066
L55M, (%)172 (28.4)71 (29.8)243 (28.8)54 (26.0)189 (29.7)
LL55, (%)14 (2.3)11 (4.6)25 (3.0)2 (1.0)23 (3.62)
L, (%)200 (16.5)93 (19.5)293 (17.4)58 (13.9)235 (18.5)
M, (%)1012 (83.5)383 (80.5)1395 (82.6)358 (86.1)1037 (81.5)
HWE ( value)0.5560.412>0.9990.3830.694

HWE: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium (HWE values are from exact tests).