Population distribution of the R229Q OGG1 polymorphism. The NIH Single Nucleotide Polymorphism database (dbSNP) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/SNP/) was searched for validated OGG1 polymorphisms. Genotype frequencies and corresponding allele frequencies for individuals homozygous for wild-type OGG1 (G/G) and heterozygous for R229Q (A/G) are shown for 6 analyzed populations (refSNP ID: rs1805373). Sampled populations are NIHPDR, NIH polymorphism discovery resource; PDR90, 90-individual subset of NIHPDR; CEU, Utah residents with northern and western European ancestry; HCB, Han Chinese in Beijing, China; JPT, Japanese in Tokyo, Japan and YRI, Yoruba in Ibadan, Nigeria.