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Table 2 CYP2C8 allele frequencies across different ethnogeographic groups

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

Ethnic group

N (participants)

*2 (%)

*3 (%)

*4 (%)

Africa

Hausa

23

15.2

0

Igbo

43

17.4

0

Yoruba

100

21.5

0

Fulani

71

9.9

Mossi

248

23.4

Rimaïbe

187

23

Tigre

62

4.8

1.6

Tigrinya

250

6.8

5

Bantu

384

8.5

Chobe (Bantu)

157

7.3

Serowe/Palapye (Bantu)

227

10.2

Ghanzi (San)

160

17.5

Americas

Caucasian/European American

824

0.1

11.3

3.6

African American

534

8.2

1.9

1

Asian American

345

0.3

0.2

0.9

Han Chinese/Asian

48

0

0

0

Japanese American

48

0

0

0

Hispanic American

248

2.2

7.6

1.8

Ashkenazi Jewish

249

0.4

7.6

2

Amish

456

0

15.2

5

Spaniard

282

10.3

Ecuadorian Mestizo

297

6.1

Brazilian (Caucasian ancestry)

342

3.6

12.1

3.6

Brazilian (Admixed)

350

6.3

4.9

3.4

Brazilian (African ancestry)

342

9.7

5.1

2.2

Europe

Mixed Norse and Gaelic origins

312

6.9

Avars

100

5.5

Dargins

100

10

Laks

100

6.5

Kumyks

100

8.5

Chechens

88

12.2

Roma

397

2.1

Hungarian

412

2.1

8.8

5.8

Asia

Western Chinese

136

4.4

Han

380

0

0

0

Uighur

153

0.3

2.9

2.3

Hui

158

0

1.6

0.6

Mongolian in China

127

0.4

1.6

1.2

Tamilians

608

1.6

3

North Indian

254

2.8

3.9

3.6

Circassians

93

0

1.7

Jordanian-Arabs

200

8.2

6.5

Oceania

Tiwi Indians

492

0

0.1

0

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