Table 3.

The Allele Frequencies of the SNPs Detected in Middle East Populations and Finns

				Allele Frequencies (±SD)
Population	n	C−3712	T−13910	G−13915	G−13907	C−13913	Total	Reported Frequency of LP Based on LTTa
Saudi Arabia	248	0.570 (0.031)	0.004 (0.004)	0.570 (0.031)	0.008 (0.006)	0	0.582 (0.031)	0.592 (0.096)
Jordan	112	ND	0.054 (0.021)	0.054 (0.021)	0	0.009 (0.009)	0.117 (0.030)	0.124 (0.044)
Mahas	30	0.17 (0.069)	0	0.17 (0.069)	0	0	0.17 (0.069)
Gaali	20	0	0	0	0.05 (0.049)	0	0.05 (0.049)
Iran	42	0	0.10 (0.03)	0	0	0	0.10 (0.030)	0.09 (0.045)
Morocco	24	0.083 (0.056)	0.21 (0.08)	0.083 (0.056)	0	0	0.294 (0.09)
Saharawi	22	0.182 (0.082)	0.23 (0.09)	0.182 (0.082)	0	0	0.412 (0.10)
Arabsb	40	0.105 (0.048)	0.13 (0.05)	0.105 (0.05)	0	0	0.235 (0.07)
Finns	1876	0	0.575 (0.011)	0	0	0	0.575 (0.011)	0.588 (0.023)

LTT, lactose tolerance test; Mahas and Gaali from north Sudan; ND, not determined.

^aBased on the prevalence figures in the literature.³⁰

^bFrom Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, and Palestine.