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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacogenet Genomics. 2008 Sep;18(9):743–750. doi: 10.1097/FPC.0b013e3282fee5a1

Table 2.

Unadjusted response variables according to ethnicity and ADRA2C del322-325 and GNB3 genotypes

Ethnicity ADRA2C del322-325 genotype GNB3 C/T genotype

White
subjects
Black
Subjects
P-
value
Ins/Ins or
Ins/Del
Del/Del P-
value
CC or CT TT P-
value
Δ Heart rate
(bpm)
11.6± 8.4 20.0 ± 14.0 0.002 13.4 ± 9.7 30.9 ± 15.8 0.004 12.1 ± 9.5 20.4 ± 13.8 0.003
Δ Systolic BP
(mmHg)
18.2 ± 9.2 22.2 ± 15.2 0.16 18.8 ± 12.1 28.6 ± 13.3 0.016 18.1 ± 11.4 22.8 ± 13.8 0.10
Δ Diastolic BP
(mmHg)
14.1 ± 7.3 15.3 ± 11.3 0.56 13.9 ± 9.2 19.7 ± 10.0 0.058 13.6 ± 8.8 15.8 ± 10.2 0.29
Δ Plasma
norepinephrine
(pg/mL)
100.5 ± 109.5 76.2 ± 80.6 0.28 91.5 ± 101.8 71.3 ± 55.8 0.35 97.8 ± 107.8 76.4 ± 81.9 0.35
Δ Plasma
epinephrine
(pg/mL)
6.7 ± 12.3 13.9 ± 18.0 0.13 8.9 ± 14.3 19.7 ± 21.9 0.22 9.8 ± 16.5 10.7 ± 14.9 0.74

P-values refer to the comparison between white and black subjects or the comparison between the genotype groups.