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. 2021 Apr 17;48(4):3237–3244. doi: 10.1007/s11033-021-06328-7

Table 7.

Relationship between LEP and LEPR gene polymorphisms and expression of estrogen (ER), progesterone (PR) and epidermal growth factor (HER2) receptors

Gen
SNP
Genotype ER+ (%) ER− (%) WW vs. WV, VV WW, WV vs. VV W vs. V PR+ 
(%)
PR−
(%)
WW vs. WV, VV WW, WV vs. VV W vs. V HER+ 
(%)
HER−
(%)
WW vs. WV, VV WW, WV vs. VV W vs. V

LEP

rs7799039

2548 G>A

GG 38 17 p = 0.0591 p = 1.000 p = 0.2619 39.5 17.5 p = 0.0227 p = 0.6206 p = 0.2601 26 30 p = 0.8345 p = 0.6330 p = 0.5938
GA 44 67 41 67.5 53 53
AA 18 17 19.5 15 21 17

LEPR

rs1137101

223Gln>Arg

Gln,Gln 35 42 p = 0.6431 p = 0.3511 p = 1.000 35 41 p = 0.5435 p = 0.5846 p = 0.8878 24.5 46.5 p = 0.0324 p = 0.1634 p = 0.0199
Gln,Arg 51 37.5 51 41 51 45
Arg,Arg 14 20.5 14 18 24.5 8.5

LEPR

rs1137100

109Lys>Arg

Lys,Lys 44.5 50 p = 0.6584 p = 0.6908 p = 0.6090 42 56 p = 0.1734 p = 0.4597 p = 0.1353 45 43 p = 0.8517 p = 1.000 p = 1.000
Lys,Arg 47 45 49 41 45 48
Arg,Arg 8.5 5 9 3 10 9

Bold values denote statistical significance at the p < 0.05 level

ER estrogen receptor, PgR progesterone receptor, HER2 human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, WW wild type homozygous, WV heterozygous, VV polymorphic homozygous