Table 3.
Frequency of ApoE e4 by Ethnic Region of Origin
| Ethnic Region of Origin | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caribbean Hispanic |
Central American |
Cuban | Mexican | South American |
Spanish | |
| e4+ (AD) | 958 | 16 | 144 | 68 | 324 | 170 |
| e4− (AD) | 1492 | 12 | 268 | 240 | 412 | 141 |
| Total (AD) | 2450 | 28 | 412 | 308 | 736 | 311 |
| e4+p (AD) | 39.10 | 57.14 | 34.95 | 22.08 | 44.02 | 54.66 |
| e4+ (MCI) | 38 | 28 | 36 | 72 | 52 | 15 |
| e4− (MCI) | 96 | 48 | 101 | 217 | 65 | 48 |
| Total (MCI) | 134 | 76 | 137 | 289 | 117 | 63 |
| e4+p (MCI) | 28.36 | 36.84 | 26.28 | 24.91 | 44.44 | 23.81 |
| e4+ (controls) | 731 | 72 | 472 | 297 | 513 | 62 |
| e4− (controls) | 2097 | 309 | 2467 | 1384 | 2075 | 284 |
| Total (controls) | 2828 | 381 | 2939 | 1681 | 2588 | 346 |
| e4+p (controls) | 25.85 | 18.90 | 16.06 | 17.67 | 19.82 | 17.92 |
e4+ : carriers of ApoE e4 allele; e4− : non-carriers of ApoE e4 allele; e4+p: percentage of ApoE e4 carriers