Genetic association of APOB polymorphisms with variation in serum lipid profile among the Kuwait population

Table 8 Comparison of the allelic frequencies reported in this study and other studies at the APOB gene locus

Population	n	Ins/Del		Xba1		Msp1		EcoR1		Reference
		I	D	X⁻	X⁺	M⁺	M⁻	R⁺	R⁻
Tunisian	458	0.743	0.257	0.725	0.275					Kallel et al. [21]
Caucasians	111			0.470	0.530	0.940	0.060	0.790	0.210	Genest et al. [45]
Indian	181	0.892	0.108	0.830	0.170			0.900	0.100	Saha et al. [46]
	100			0.775	0.225	0.850	0.150	0.820	0.180	Puri et al. [32]
Srilankan	190					0.981	0.019	0.969	0.031	Mendis et al. [47]
Turkish	250			0.690	0.310			0.830	0.170	Duman et al. [36]
Danish	464			0.51	0.49	0.913	0.087	0.83	0.17	Hansen et al. [27]
Greek	90			0.500	0.500	0.899	0.101	0.819	0.181	De Benedictis et al. [48]
Mongolians	110	0.909	0.091	0.936	0.064	0.991	0.009	0.950	0.050	Tsunoda et al. [22]
Chinese	288	0.793	0.207	0.909	0.091	0.928	0.072	0.929	0.071	Saha et al. [49]
Japanese	1328	0.831	0.169	0.960	0.040			0.934	0.066	Zaman et al. [50]
Bulgarians	147	0.793	0.207	0.568	0.432	0.959	0.041	0.816	0.184	Horvath et al. [19]
Nigerians	1222	0.749	0.251	0.843	0.158					Anderson et al. [33]
Kuwait General Population	795	0.774	0.226	0.735	0.265	0.933	0.067	0.894	0.106	Present Study
Kuwait HTG	49	0.847	0.153	0.745	0.255	0.969	0.031	0.949	0.051	Present Study
Kuwait DYS	238	0.746	0.254	0.721	0.279	0.922	0.078	0.895	0.105	Present Study

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