Table 1.
ICAM4 allele distribution in 57 Ethiopian individuals from Gambela
| Allele | Sequence* | Allele frequencies | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Present study (Gambela) | Caucasian (USA)2 | African American (USA)2 | ||||||||||
| Observed (n) | Mean (%)† | 95% CI‡ | Observed (n) | Mean (%)† | 95% CI‡ | Observed (n) | Mean (%)† | 95%CI‡ | ||||
| KF712272 | CG | 109 | 95.6 | 78.3–114.6 | 120 | 62 | 51.3–74 | 147 | 81 | 68–95 | ||
| KF725837 | TG | 3 | 2.6 | 0.7–7.1 | 70 | 36 | 28.1–45.6 | 26 | 14 | 9.3–21 | ||
| MK138571 | CA | 2 | 1.8 | 0.3–5.9 | 0 | NA | NA | 0 | NA | NA | ||
*
The nucleotides at the 2 SNP positions are shown in 5’- to 3’- orientation (see Table 2). The remaining 1,918 nucleotide positions that we determined had no variation relative to the reference sequence NG_007728.1.
†
Number of observed alleles x 100/Total number of alleles
‡
95% confidence interval (CI), Poisson distribution, two sided
NA – Not applicable