Table 3.
Ancestry profile of the riverine populations of Amazon.
Ancestry | Total n = 794 | Tapajós n = 446 | Tucuruí n = 348 | p-Value Tapajós vs. Tucuruí |
---|---|---|---|---|
European (%) | 42.4 (32.7–51.1) | 42.9 (31.7–53.1) | 41.7 (33.5–49.2) | 0.255 |
Amerindian (%) | 31.9 (22.6–41.7) | 30.5 (21.3–42.5) | 32.4 (25.1–41.1) | 0.174 |
African (%) | 22.9 (16.4–30.7) | 22.9 (17.2–30.4) | 22.6 (15.8–31.6) | 0.800 |
Data are presented as median and interquartile ranges. No difference was found between participants from Tapajós River basin and Lake of Tucuruí (Mann–Whitney test).