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Age, Gender and adapted FST of the population
| Variable | Mexican American (n=300) |
Puerto Rican (n= 48) |
Dominican (n =2) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years mean (SD) | 35 (10.5) | 28 (8.2) | 29 |
| Gender- Female | 207 (69%) | 42 (89%) | 2 (100%) |
| Adapted FST Spectrophotometric melanin index, mean (± SD) | |||
| I 128 (25) | 9 (3%) | 0 | 0 |
| II 320 (58) | 127 (42.3%) | 2 (4.2%) | 0 |
| III 354 (90) | 132 (44.0%) | 23 (47.9%) | 0 |
| IV 600 (38) | 29 (9.7%) | 21 (43.7%) | 1 |
| V 650 (40) | 3 (1%) | 2 (4.2%) | 1 |
| VI | 0 | 0 | 0 |
