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 |