Table 6.
GSTM1 null genotype distribution in patients with chronic liver disease and normal individuals.
| Method | Case | Control | Reference | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Null | (%) | N | Null | (%) | |||
| Filipino | Multiplex PCR | 107 | 103 | (96.3) | 127 | 75 | (59.0) | Present study |
| Japanese | PCR | 83 | 51 | (61.4) | 101 | 43 | (42.5) | [4] |
| Chinese | PCR | 181 | 117 | (64.6) | 360 | 172 | (47.8) | [9] |
| Italian | Multiplex PCR | 200 | 99 | (49.5) | 400 | 215 | (53.8) | [10] |
| Spanish | Multiplex PCR | 184 | 88 | (47.8) | 329 | 149 | (45.3) | [11] |
| Japanese | Multiplex PCR | 78 | 29 | (38.5) | 138 | 68 | (49.3) | [19] |
| Taiwanese | PCR | 69 | 26 | (37.7) | 128 | 77 | (60.2) | [20] |