Table 1.
Pool composition
Pools of unique subjects |
Total poolsa |
Ethnicity | Category | No. of subjects |
---|---|---|---|---|
8 | 16 | Caucasian | Severe former heroin addicts | 200 |
6 | 12 | Caucasian | Controls | 150 |
5 | 10 | African American | Severe former heroin addicts | 125 |
4 | 8 | African American | Control | 100 |
| ||||
Total: 23 | 46 | 575 |
Each pool was created separately (i.e., in duplicate) from DNA of 25 different subjects to yield a total of 46 pools.