Table 1.

Racial differences in the different exon mutations and the specific mutation sites for each exon mutation

	Asian (n = 26)		Caucasian (n = 26)		P value
Exon 1	n = 2	29_35dupCGGGCTC	n = 1	52 T → C	1.00
		64G → T
Exon 2	n = 0		n = 6	102_103delAG	0.023
				121delT
				135dupA
				137G → A
				138G → A
				179delC
Exon 3	n = 6	189_190delTG	n = 2	294G → A	0.248
		241delG		294G → A
		257_258delCC
		317_320dupCATA
		320_321insCATC
		369_370delTG
Exon 4	n = 1	467 T → G	n = 3	453delT	0.610
				467 T → G
				605C → G
Exon 5	n = 4	573delA	n = 2	680_701del	0.668
		718C → T		716delT
		718C → T
		741 + 1G → T
Exon 6	n = 7	749C → G	n = 1	796_797insC	0.049
		749C → A
		808dupG
		808dupG
		808_809insG
		821_822delTT
		839delA
Exon 7	n = 1	877Cys → Thr	n = 5	928G → A	0.191
				928G → A
				928G → A
				928G → A
				928G → A
Exon 8	n = 2	973dupC	n = 6	940delG	0.248
		1009_1010delGT		961 T → C
				962G → A
				973insC
				1075C → T
				Single nucleotide delete
Exon 9	n = 3	1204A → T	n = 0		0.235
		1205delC
		1205delC

The chi-square test was used for statistical analysis

Bold values indicate significance at p-value < 0.05