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. 2012 Jan 4;5(4):1058–1062. doi: 10.3892/mmr.2012.743

Table II.

Frequency of the genotypes of the leptin gene polymorphism in hypertensive and normotensive subjects.

Variants/Genotypic distribution Hypertensive lean Hypertensive obese Normotensive Total
C538T
 C/C 119 155 88
 C/T Nil Nil Nil 362
 T/T Nil Nil Nil
Microsatellite
 I/I 53 (44.5) 71 (45.8) 12 (13.6) 362
 I/II 41 (34.4) 60 (38.7) 42 (47.7) p≤0.0001
 II/II 25 (21.0) 24 (15.4) 34 (38.6)

Absolute no. (percentage) of subjects are shown.