MAOA uVNTR Polymorphism Influence on Older Adults Diagnosed with Diabetes Mellitus/Systemic Arterial Hypertension

Table 1

The MAOA uVNTR polymorphism’s genotypic frequency in older adults diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, systemic arterial hypertension, or both from the Federal District, Brazil.

		Frequencies	Percentages (%)
Variants	2R^@ (presumably low activity)	4	10.0
	3R^@ (low activity)	13	32.5
	4R^@ (high activity)	15	37.5
	3R/4R (low activity/high activity)	8	20.0
	Total	40	100.0

Note. ^@ represents the combined female homozygote and male hemizygotes; 2R^@ (female 2R/2R homozygote or male 2R hemizygote); 3R^@ (female 3R/3R homozygote or male 3R hemizygote); 4R^@ (female 4R/4R homozygote or male 4R hemizygote); and represents male hemizygotes.