Apolipoprotein gene polymorphisms and plasma levels in healthy Tunisians and patients with coronary artery disease

Table 3 Distribution of APO (a), APO CI, and APO CII in Tunisian population and others Mediterranean populations.

Population	N	Allele frequencies %							References
APO (a)		*5	*6	*7	*8	*9	*10	*11
Tunisia	100	0.0	0.0	14.5	64.5	10	4.5	6.5	Present study
Catalonia	88	0.0	0.6	0.6	68.2	14.2	15.9	0.6	21
Center Spain	120	0.0	0.4	0.4	76.2	12.9	8.7	1.3	21
Basque	112	0.0	0.4	0.4	69.2	18.3	11.2	0.4	21
France	199	0.2	0.2	1.0	75.9	10.5	10.7	1.5	22
Italy	218	0.0	0.0	1.1	63.0	17.0	15.0	3.9	23
Corsica	47	0.0	0.0	0.0	77.7	6.4	14.9	1.1	24
Morocco (Berbers)	138	0.4	0.0	2.9	63.8	10.9	11.6	10.5	25
APO CI		*H1	*H2
Tunisia	100	91.5	8.5						Present study
Catalonia	88	84.7	15.3						21
Center Spain	120	85.4	14.6						21
Basque	111	87.4	12.6						21
Morocco (Berbers)	120	85.0	15.0						25
APOCII		*A1	*A2
Tunisia	100	55.5	44.5						Present study
Catalonia	88	55.7	44.3						21
Center Spain	114	48.7	51.3						21
Basque	112	51.3	48.7						21
Morocco (Berbers)	117	70.1	29.9						25

N: sample size.
Alleles (*H1, *A1) and (*H2, *A2) indicate absence and presence, respectively, of the enzyme restriction site.

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