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. 2001 Apr 26;3(4):264–269. doi: 10.1186/bcr304

Table 2.

Genotypes and allele frequencies for the ADRB2 and ADRB3 genes among all study subjects

Mean ± SD BMI (kg/m2)
of subgrouped
Genotypes and allele frequencies Patients (n [%]) Control individuals (n [%]) control individuals
Genotypes of ADRB2
 Gln/Gln 175 (87.6) 150 (82.4) 22.2 ± 2.9*
 Gln/Glu 23 (11.4) 31 (17.0)
 Glu/Glu 2 (1.0) 1 (0.6)
 Gln/Glu and Glu/Glu 22.3 ± 3.1*
Allele frequency of ADRB2
 Gln 373 (93.3) 331 (90.9) -
 Glu 27 (6.7) 33 (9.1) -
Genotypes of ADRB3
 Trp/Trp 140 (70.0) 121 (66.5) 22.3 ± 3.0
 Trp/Arg 56 (28.0) 58 (31.9)
 Arg/Arg 4 (2.0) 3 (1.6)
 Trp/Arg and Arg/Arg 22.1 ± 2.8
Allele frequency of ADRB3
 Trp 336 (84.0) 300 (82.4) -
 Arg 64 (16.0) 64 (17.6) -

The total number of cases was 200, and that of control individuals was 182. *P = 0.426, P = 0.603 (by t-test).