Table 2.
Allelic frequencies of TLR2 polymorphisms in the 3 Ethiopian populations.
| Marker | Frequency, % | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oromo (n = 285) | Amhara (n = 170) | Gurage (n = 163) | ||
| SNP | ||||
| 597 C/T (rs3804099) | 38.7 | 40.5 | 37.9 | .79 |
| 1350 T/C (rs3804100) | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.1 | .73 |
| Microsatellitea allelic length | .87 | |||
| 280 bp | 36.2 | 33.3 | 34.7 | |
| 282 bp | 10.6 | 16.7 | 14.4 | |
| 284 bp | 14.7 | 13.2 | 13.8 | |
| 288 bp | 6.9 | 6.0 | 6.3 | |
| 290 bp | 9.9 | 10.7 | 10.9 | |
NOTE. P values are for the overall distribution of the polymorphisms among the 3 different ethnic groups. The P value for a single-table analysis of all polymorphisms is .67.
a
Microsatellite indicates the size of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) product.