Research Article

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

Table 3

The MAOA uVNTR polymorphism’s genotypes frequency distributed according to the clinical characteristics (alcoholism and smoking) in older adults diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, systemic arterial hypertension, or both from the Federal District, Brazil.

VariantsSmokingAlcoholism
YesNoOR (IC-95%)YesNoOR (IC-95%)

2R@ (presumably low activity)040.601NA040.782NA
3R@ (low activity)390.1067.33 (0.67–80.22)2100.111NA
4R@ (high activity)0120.169NA0120.063NA
3R/4R (low activity/high activity)160.6081.39 (0.12–15.81)070.635NA

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. NA: not applicable.