Table 4 Frequencies and associations of the major haplotypes (frequency ≥ 0.05) of three haploblocks in the UCP2-UCP3 gene region

Block 1

DelIns

rs660339

Del

C

0.519^a

NS

Ins

T

0.300

NS

Del

T

0.177

NS

Block 2

rs659366

rs653529

rs15763

rs1726745

G

A

G

A

0.359^a

NS

G

A

G

G

0.203

NS

A

G

A

G

0.202

↓ WHR, p = 0.050^b

A

G

G

G

0.175

NS

Block 3

rs3781907

rs11235972

rs1800849

A

G

C

0.584^a

NS

G

A

T

0.288

↑ cholesterol, p = 0.006^c

↑ LDL, p = 0.024^c

A

A

T

0.084

↓ΔLDL, p = 0.037^c