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Table 1 Global frequencies of the most common CYP2C8 alleles

From: Meta-analysis of the global distribution of clinically relevant CYP2C8 alleles and their inferred functional consequences

Country

N (participants)

2 (%)

3 (%)

4 (%)

Africa

Tanzania

1089

17.3

2.3

0.6

Uganda

523

10.4

0

Madagascar

153

15

Eritrea

376

6

4.7

Nigeria

220

19.1

0

Mali

206

16

0

0

Burkina-Faso

889

18

0.4

0

Senegal

88

22.2

Ghana

589

18

0

0

Botswana

544

11.1

Mozambique

424

16.2

4.9

0.6

South Africa and Zimbabwe

490

14.5

1

Gabon

48

16.7

Congo

213

36.9

Americas

Mexico

241

0.9

7.5

4.6

USA

2878

2.4

7.5

2.3

Ecuador

579

8.1

Brazil

1403

5.3

8.6

3.5

Bolivia

129

3.9

Europe

Denmark

482

9.9

Norway

309

9.1

Sweden

2496

0.6

9.8

5.6

Faroese Island

312

6.9

Finland

5847

0.003

11.5

5.6

UK

219

0.4

10.8

7.5

Scotland

719

15.1

Italy

33

10.6

Spain

933

1.6

15.8

5.1

Portugal

164

1.2

19.8

6.4

Russia

479

0

8.7

Czech Republic

161

0.3

10.9

5.9

Bulgaria

736

11.2

Hungary

826

8.8

3.9

Germany

2827

10.1

Netherlands

96

9.9

4.6

Asia

Malaysia

258

1.9

1.9

0

Cambodia

75

0

China

1287

0.2

2

1

Japan

1102

0

0

0

Korea

146

0

0

0

India

985

1.8

3

2.4

Jordan

381

4.3

6.6

Oceania

Australia

210

8.8

3.8

  1. For references, we refer the interested reader to Additional file 2: Table S1