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. 2020 Mar 31;13(5):848–860. doi: 10.1111/cts.12769

Table 6.

ABC gene polymorphisms with effects on drug PK, PD, and outcomes: frequencies in African populations

Reference N Population ABCB1 ABCC1 ABCG2
*6 (rs1045642) 3435C>T *7 (rs2032582)

*8 (rs1128503)

1236C>T

rs3842

4036A>G

rs3213619

−129T>C

rs11642957

rs2231142

421C>A

Q141K

2677G>T 2677G>A
35 111 Beninese 0.14 0.009 0.0
36 26 Malawian 0.21 0.0
8 57 South African 0.26 0.19 0.26 0.21
37 993 South African 0.12 0.09 0.16
38 103 Zanzibari 0.16 0.029 (T/A)
39 53 South African; nevirapine‐associated hepatotoxicity 0.106 0.094
  108 Healthy individuals 0.194 0.107
40 109 Xhosa 0.11
67 Cape Admixed 0.2
60 Yoruba 0.12
89 Luhya
143 Maasai 0.16
41 94 South African 0.11
31 121 Ugandan 0.048 0.037 0.119 0.168
33 197 Ugandan 0.114‒0.13 0.184—0.196
19 285 Ethiopian 0.22 0.145
209 Tanzanian 0.155 0.22
34 112 Xhosa 0.0982 0.023 0.0089 0.1295 0.1875
70 South African mixed ancestry 0.2071 0.164 0.0143 0.2429 0.2429
42 23 Ugandan 0.087 0.0217
45 719 Ethiopian 0.18
43 172 Ghanaian 0.10
32 282 South African:                
127 Sotho/Tswana 0.110 0.012 0.004 0.106 0.165
107 Xhosa 0.210 0.098 0.005 0.178 0.224
139 Zulu 0.140 0.022 0.000 0.119 0.209
21 37 Black African 0.07
44 934 Ghanaian (total) 0.12 0.01
90 Akwapim 0.15 0.01
103 Ashanti 0.09 0.00
183 Ewe 0.13 0.01
160 Fante 0.13 0.00
183 Ga 0.09 0.00
Unknown Yoruba (Nigeria; HapMap) a 0.11
Unknown Ghanaian 0.17
Unknown Egyptian b 0.4
Unknown Kenyan b 0.17
Unknown Sudanese b 0.27

ABC, adenosine triphosphate‒binding cassette; PD, pharmacodynamics, PK, pharmacokinetics.

a

Data are from individuals in the HapMap database.

b

Data cited in the reference as being from the Pharmacogenetics for Every Nation Initiative (numbers of individuals unknown).