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

Table 4

The MAOA uVNTR polymorphism’s genotypes frequency distributed according to the revised Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) interpretations in older adults diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, systemic arterial hypertension, or both from the Federal District, Brazil.

		MAOA uVNTR polymorphism genotypes
		2R^@(presumably low activity)	3R^@ (low activity)	4R^@ (high activity)	3R/4R (low activity/high activity)
		%	%	%	%
Revised BDI-II interpretations	Minimum range	0.0	7.7	0.0	12.5	0.261
	Mild	0.0	30.8	20.0	25.0	0.213
	Moderate	25.0	23.1	33.3	25.0	0.238
	Severe	75.0	38.5	46.7	37.5	0.406

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.