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Table 2 β2-AR Genotype Frequencies and Plasma Lipids Among Genetically Unrelated Elderly Ethnic Chinese Individuals

From: The effects of beta2 adrenergic receptor gene polymorphism in lipid profiles

5'LC-Cys19Arg genotypes

Lipid level*

Arg/Arg (n = 1)

Arg/Cys (n = 10)

Cys/Cys (n = 256)

P Value

TC

282.0

200.0 (23.1)

215.15 (40.2)

0.129

HDL-C

47.0

45.3 (12.4)

51.13 (14.1)

0.422

LDL-C

204.0

129.7 (18.8)

137.42 (35.9)

0.138

VLDL-C

31.0

25.0 (10.5)

26.67 (15.4)

0.906

TG

151.0

127.0 (53.9)

133.52 (77.1)

0.940

Gly16Arg genotypes

Lipid level*

Arg/Arg (n = 85)

Gly/Arg (n = 118)

Gly/Gly (n = 46)

P Value

TC

216.47 (40.862)

216.10 (41.5)

209.35 (39.2)

0.770

HDL-C

51.92 (14.588)

50.97 (14.8)

51.22 (12.3)

0.283

LDL-C

139.54 (36.410)

138.03 (34.9)

131.70 (36.5)

0.679

VLDL-C

25.01 (13.626)

27.28 (14.9)

26.43 (18.9)

0.512

TG

125.28 (68.208)

136.82 (74.7)

132.17 (94.4)

0.527

Gln27Glu genotypes

Lipid level*

Gln/Gln (n = 247)

Gln/Glu (n = 19)

Glu/Glu (n = 1)

P Value†

TC

216.42 (40.287)

190.63 (35.7)

282.0

0.007

HDL-C

51.20 (14.276)

47.21 (11.1)

47.0

0.475

LDL-C

138.36 (35.378)

121.21 (33.0)

204.0

0.022

VLDL-C

26.95 (15.590)

22.21 (8.8)

31.0

0.410

TG

134.90 (78.011)

112.11 (45.3)

151.0

0.443

  1. *Lipid level: mean (SDs) (mg/dL)
  2. † The P values for all variables refer to F tests of differences between theβ2-AR genotype categories.