TABLE 1.

Distribution of the Numb(G595D) variant in three human populations

Ethnicity	Nucleotide	Amino acid	na	Frequency
Low LDL-Cb (<1.87 mmol/liter)
Kazakh (n = 168)	1784G>A	G595D	2	0.006
Uygur (n = 152)	1784G>A	G595D	3	0.010
Han (n = 146)			0
High LDL-C (>3.11 mmol/liter)
Kazakh (n = 170)			0
Uygur (n = 184)			0
Han (n = 140)			0

^a n is the number of people carrying the Numb(G595D) variant with low or high LDL-C.

^b LDL-C, low density lipoprotein cholesterol. Normal LDL-C range: 2.07–3.11 mmol/liter.