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. 2017 Feb 20;17:67–74. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.02.017

Table 1.

Highest and lowest frequencies (%) reported for 17 CYP allelic variants.

CYP variant Highest reported frequency (%) (population) Lowest reported frequency (%) (population)
CYP2B6*6 69 (Uganda) 9 (South Africa MA)
CYP2C8*2 22 (Senegal) 11 (Uganda)
CYP2C8*3 5 (Mozambique) 0 (Tanzania)
CYP2C8*4 0.6 (Tanzania) 0 (Ghana)
CYP2C9*2 19 (Morocco) 0 (multiple populations)a
CYP2C9*3 35 (Libya) 0 (multiple populations)b
CYP2C19*2 33 (Igbo) 6 (Ghana)
CYP2C19*3 7 (South Africa MA) 0 (multiple populations)c
CYP2D6*3 9 (San) 0 (multiple populations)d
CYP2D6*4 9 (San) 0 (DRC, Kenya, Ethiopia, Kikuyu, South Africa Bantu, Tanzania, Yoruba)
CYP2D6*9 0 (All populations) 0 (All populations)
CYP2D6*10 19 (South Africa Venda) 0 (DRC, Kenya, South Africa Bantu, Zimbabwe Shona)
CYP2D6*17 34 (Shona) 0 (DRC)
CYP2D6*29 29 (Igbo) 2 (San)
CYP3A5*3 92 (Morocco) 4 (Uganda)
CYP3A5*6 33 (North Sudan, Malawi Ngoni) 4 (Morocco)
CYP3A5*7 23 (Gambia) 0 (North Sudan, Ethiopia)

Data are from Supplementary Table 1, Table 2.

CYP, cytochrome P450; DRC, Democratic Republic of Congo; MA, mixed ancestry.

a

Benin, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Mozambique, Namibia, Senegal, South Africa.

b

Benin, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya (Luo), Namibia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania.

c

African-American, Benin, Ghana, Hausa, Igbo, Kikuyu, Luo, Maasai, San, Shona, South Africa, (Venda, Xhosa), Yoruba.

d

Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Namibia, Yoruba, Senegal, South Africa (Bantu, Black, Venda).