Table 1.
Tested alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) gene variants
Marker | Chromosomal positiona | Gene | Functionality/placement | Allelesb | Minor allele frequencyc | Genotype frequencyb (n) |
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Homozygous for minor allele | Homozygous | Heterozygous for major allele | ||||||
rs1229984 | 100239319 | AHD1B | missense | G:A | 0.031 | 18 | 449 | 7,204 |
rs2066702 | 100229017 | ADH1B | missense | C:T | 0.038 | 36 | 457 | 7,183 |
rs698 | 100260789 | ADH1C | missense | A:G | 0.345 | 978 | 3,313 | 3,360 |
rs1042364 | 100045574 | ADH4 | 3'-UTR | G:A | 0.247 | 519 | 2,778 | 4,371 |
rs1800759 | 100065509 | ADH4 | 5' promoter | C:A | 0.487 | 1,928 | 3,452 | 2,272 |
Notes: UTR = Untranslated region.
Positions reference human genome assembly GRCh37.p13;
alleles are listed as major:minor allele with the high-risk allele (based on past studies) in bold;
minor allele and genotype frequencies are for the combined sample. Markers with significant interaction effects (p < .05) are in bold.