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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Drug Alcohol Depend. 2014 Oct 23;0:168–173. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2014.10.009

Table 1. Allele and genotype frequencies for the DRD4 variable number tandem repeat polymorphism (n=340).

Allele/genotype Number Frequency (%)
Allele
 2 79 11.6
 3 46 6.7
 4 408 60.0
 5 14 2.0
 6 3 < 1
 7 124 18.2
 8 6 < 1
 Total 680
Genotype
 2/2 12 3.5
 2/3 8 2.3
 2/4 31 9.1
 2/5 1 <1
 2/6 1 <1
 2/7* 13 3.8
 2/8* 1 <1
 3/4 25 7.3
 3/5 6 1.8
 3/6 1 <1
 3/7* 4 1.2
 3/8* 2 < 1
 4/4 133 39.1
 4/5 7 2.0
 4/6 1 <1
 4/7* 77 22.6
 4/8* 1 <1
 7/7* 14 4.1
Genotype classification
  Short (< 7 repeats) 228 67.1
  Long (≥ 7 repeats) 112 32.9
  Total 340 100.0
*

These genotypes were classified as long (high risk); all remaining genotypes were classified as short (low risk).