Table 4.

Locus-by-locus comparison of frequencies of fixation index (F_ST) values between different pairwise Brazilian and HapMap populations

Pairwise population	FokI		BsmI		ApaI		TaqI
	FST	p	FST	p	FST	p	FST	p
Hp+/Hp−	−0.009	0.782	−0.008	0.709	−0.009	0.754	−0.009	0.718
Hp+/BRZ	−0.007	0.909	0.021	0.045	0.002	0.218	0.040	0.009
Hp+/CEU	0.039	0.009	0.070	0.000	−0.007	0.754	0.118	0.000
Hp+/YRI	0.062	0.000	0.008	1.000	−0.007	0.800	−0.006	0.636
Hp+/ASN	−0.006	0.545	0.125	0.000	0.112	0.000	0.096	0.000
Hp−/BRZ	−0.007	0.645	−0.008	0.182	0.007	0.264	0.031	0.018
Hp−/CEU	0.026	0.045	0.049	0.018	−0.004	0.527	0.103	0.000
Hp−/YRI	0.078	0.000	−0.008	0.709	−0.009	1.000	−0.009	0.836
Hp−/ASN	−0.009	0.727	0.158	0.000	0.129	0.000	0.112	0.000

Notes: Hp+, H. pylori positive; Hp−, H. pylori negative; Brazil, Brazilian population (BRZ) described by Lins et al;14 CEU, Utah residents of Northern and Western European origin; YRI, Sub-Saharan Africans from Yoruba, Ibadan, Nigeria; ASN, Han Chinese in Beijing (CHB) and Japanese, Tokyo (JPT).

Abbreviation: H. pylori, Helicobacter pylori.