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Table 5 Comparison of the APOAI promoter rs670 and rs65069 allelic frequencies reported in this study with other populations

From: Re-sequencing of the APOAI promoter region and the genetic association of the -75G > A polymorphism with increased cholesterol and low density lipoprotein levels among a sample of the Kuwaiti population

Population

Sample size

SNP allele frequency

Reference

  

rs670

rs5069

 
 

n

G

A

C

T

 

Africans (Nigeria)

786

0.899

0.101

0.598

0.402

Kamboh et al. [17]

Caucasians

243

0.779

0.221

0.959

0.041

Wang et al. [16]

Europeans

1078

0.841

0.159

  

Talmud et al. [24]

Europeans (Danish)

190*

0.810

0.190

0.965

.035

Haase et al. [19]

10273

0.810

0.019

0.960

.040

French Canadians

653

0.850

0.150

  

Minnich et al. [31]

Brazilians

414

 

0.180

  

De Franca et al. [32]

Chinese

1030

0.364

0.636

-

-

Yin et al. [11]

Hei Yi Zhaung Chinese

474

0.703

0.298

-

-

Li et al. [20]

Han Chinese

564

0.660

0.340

-

-

Li et al. [20]

Hong Kong Chinese

271

0.689

0.311

0.949

0.051

Ma et al. [18]

Japanese

1880

0.844

0.156

0.922

0.078

Shioji et al. [27]

Iranian

823

0.862

0.138

0.946

0.054

Daneshpour et al. [29]

Omanis

150

0.783

0.217

0.933

0.067

Al-Yahyaee et al. [35]

Kuwaitis

549

0.807

0.193

0.964

0.036

Present study

  1. *Based on re-sequencing of the APOAI promoter region [19].