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. 2017 Jul 26;17(3):341–361. doi: 10.1007/s40268-017-0195-7

Table 3.

Genotypic and allelic frequencies of CYP2C9 in the Middle East and North Africa region

References Country Study population Sample size Genotypic frequencies (%) Allelic frequencies (%)
*1/*1 *1/*2 *1/*3 *2/*2 *2/*3 *3/*3 *1 *2 *3
[47] Egypt Healthy volunteers 247 66.4 19.0 11.7 2.4 0 0.4 81.8 11.9 6.3
[48] Egypt Healthy volunteers (n = 154), patients taking maintenance warfarin (n = 46) 200 81.5 4.5 8.5 4.5 0.5 0.5 88.0 7.0 5.0
[49] Egypt Warfarin-resistant patients 41 60.9 19.5 19.5 0 0 0 80.4 9.8 9.8
Warfarin-responsive patients 30 73.3 20.0 6.7 0 0 0 86.7 10.0 3.3
[50] Egypt Patients taking maintenance warfarin 63 76.2 7.9 6.3 3.2 0 6.3 83.4 7.1 9.5
[51] Egypt Patients taking maintenance warfarin 84 83.3 NA 11.9 NA NA 4.8 89.3 NA 10.7
[52] Egypta Patients taking maintenance warfarin 207 62.6 17.4 11.8 1.0 4.1 1.0 74.2 11.1 8.5
[53] Iran Healthy volunteers 200 82.0 10.5 0 7.5 0 0 87.2 12.8 0
[54] Iran Healthy volunteers 50 82.0 12.0 6.0 0 0 0 91.0 6.0 3.0
Patients taking maintenance valproic acid 68 80.9 11.8 4.4 1.5 1.5 0 89.0 8.1 2.9
[55] Iran Warfarin-sensitive patients 21 19.0 66.7 14.3 0 0 0 52.4 47.6 NA
Patients with normal warfarin response 37 75.7 21.6 2.7 0 0 0 86.5 13.5 NA
[56] Iran Patients taking maintenance warfarin 100 39.0 41.0 9.0 2.0 9.0 0 64.0 27.0 9.0
[57] Jordan Healthy volunteers 263 62.7 21.7 12.2 1.9 1.5 0 79.7 13.5 6.8
[58] Kuwait Patients taking maintenance warfarin 108 69.4 21.3 6.5 0 2.8 0 83.4 12.0 4.6
[59] Libya Healthy volunteers 161 65.8 14.9 13.7 1.9 2.5 1.2 80.1 10.6 9.3
[60] Libya Patients taking maintenance VKA 231 60.6 22.5 10.0 2.2 3.9 0.9 76.8 15.4 7.8
[61] Morocco Low-dose acenocoumarol 20 55.0 25.0 5.0 10.0 0 5.0 70.0 22.5 7.5
Medium-dose acenocoumarol 58 72.4 19.0 6.9 1.7 0 0 85.4 11.2 3.4
High-dose acenocoumarol 36 94.4 2.8 0 2.8 0 0 95.8 4.2 0
[62] Omana Patients taking maintenance warfarin 212 73.6 11.3 8.5 NA 2.4 0.9 84.2 6.8 6.4
[63] Oman Patients taking maintenance warfarin 189 80.4 12.7 5.8 1.1 0 0 89.6 7.5 2.9
[64] Saudi Arabia Healthy volunteers 131 68.7 26.7 4.6 0 0 0 84.3 13.4 2.3
[65] Saudi Arabia Healthy volunteers 192 64.1 17.2 13.0 2.1 2.1 1.6 79.2 11.7 9.1
[66] Sudana Patients taking maintenance warfarin 203 71.9 8.9 0 0 0 0 84.0 4.9 0
[67] Tunisiaa Healthy volunteers 258 61.6 19.4 13.2 2.7 3.1 0 77.9 14.0 8.1
[43] Turkey Healthy volunteers 96 66.7 13.5 15.6 3.1 0 1.0 81.2 9.9 8.9
[68] Turkey Healthy volunteers 64 64.0 14.1 15.6 3.1 0 3.1 78.9 10.2 10.9
[69] Turkey Healthy volunteers 85 68.2 11.8 14.1 3.5 1.2 1.2 81.2 10.0 8.8
[42] Turkey Healthy volunteers (n = 218), outpatients with variable diagnoses (n = 280) 499 61.7 18.0 17.2 1.0 1.1 0.8 79.4 10.6 10.0
[44] Turkey Outpatients of epilepsy clinic 102 78.4 14.7 6.9 0 0 0 89.2 7.4 3.4
[70] Turkeya Patients taking maintenance warfarin 205 60.0 18.0 13.7 1.5 3.9 1.0 76.8 12.7 9.8
[71] Turkey Patients taking maintenance warfarin 100 50.0 21.0 24.0 0 5.0 0 72.5 13.0 14.5
[72] Turkey Patients taking maintenance anticoagulant 292 56.5 23.0 8.6 3.0 7.2 1.7 72.2 18.2 9.6

CYP cytochrome P450, NA not assessed, VKA vitamin-K antagonist, VPA valproic acid

aAdditional CYP2C9 alleles assessed; therefore, percentages do not add to 100%