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. 2019 Jan 16;78:27–33. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2019.01.009

Table 2.

Definition of CYP2C19 metabolizer phenotype.

Allele1 Genotype Allele activity Metabolizer phenotype Frequency (pan-ethnic cohort) [33]
*1/*1 Wild type (WT) 2 active alleles Normal 41%
Metabolizer (NM)
*1/*n Heterozygous WT 1 active allele Intermediate 21%
1 inactive allele Metabolizer (IM)
*2/*2 or *n/*n Homozygous mutant 2 inactive alleles Poor 3%
Metabolizer (PM)
*1/*17 Heterozygous WT 1 active allele Extensive 24%
1 increased activity allele Metabolizer (EM)
*17/*17 Homozygous mutant 2 increased activity alleles Ultrarapid 4%
Metabolizer (UM)
*2/*17 Heterozygous mutant 1 inactive allele Normal metabolizer (NM) 6%
1 increased activity allele

1 - *2, *3, *8, or *9 refer to loss-of-function (inactive) alleles; n – refers to any of the loss-of-function alleles.