Table 3.

Allele frequencies of ALDH2*2 polymorphisms among the Hakka ethic population and other previously studied populations (n=7,966).

Population	n	Variant allele (%)		Genotype (%)			Reference
		G	A	*1/*1	*1/*2	*2/*2
Asian
Hakka	7,966	71.87	28.13	52.03	39.67	8.30	Present study
Chinese	648	82.10	17.90	68.05	28.09	3.86	[12]
Japanese	2,299	70.09	29.90	49.63	40.93	9.44	[13]
Korean	815	81.29	18.71	66.38	29.82	3.80	[14]
Thai	463	89.85	10.15	81.21	17.28	1.51	[16]
Mongolian	206	74.76	25.24	57.77	33.98	8.25	[23]
Uzbek	161	98.45	1.55	96.89	3.11	0.00	[24]
Filipino	86	99.42	5.81	98.84	1.16	0.00	[21]
Malaysian	73	96.58	3.42	93.15	6.84	0.00	[21]
Turkish	211	100.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	[29]
Indian	87	100.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	[28]
European
German	193	100.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	[21]
Polish	198	100.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	[22]
Spanish	220	100.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	[30]
Swedes	99	100.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	[21]
American
Mexican	101	99.51	0.49	99.01	0.99	0.00	[31]
Mexican Indian	118	100.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	[27]
Mexican American	108	100.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	[32]
Other
African	49	100.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	[21]
Australian	37	100.00	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	[21]