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. 2013 Apr 24;8(4):e62005. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062005

Table 2. Distribution of mtDNA classification and genomic ancestry according to the self-declared ethnicities.

Variables Total (n = 492) Self-Reported Ethnicities
White (n = 367) Brown (n = 68) Black (n = 51) Yellow (n = 5) Indigenous (n = 1)
mt-DNA, n (%) African 228 (46.3) 138 (37.6) 47 (69.1) 41 (80.4) 1 (20.0) 1 (100)
Amerindian 141 (28.7) 116 (31.6) 17 (25.0) 6 (11.8) 2 (40.0) -
European 123 (25.0) 113 (30.8) 4 (5.9) 4 (7.8) 2 (40.0) -
Genomic Ancestry, mean ± SD African 0.283±0.217 0.220±0.169 0.410±0.212 0.556±0.236 0.204±0.154 0.562
European 0.574±0.221 0.633±0.190 0.454±0.205 0.321±0.211 0.557±0.193 0.404
Amerindian 0.143±0.101 0.147±0.101 0.136±0.106 0.113±0.077 0.239±0.159 0.034