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. 2022 Oct 21;113(3):643–659. doi: 10.1002/cpt.2749

Table 2.

CYP2D6 star allele frequencies

Allele frequencies (%)
CYP2D6 allele CPIC function SSA in this study (n = 947) Previous SSA studiesa (n = 2,248) African American/Afro Caribbean (n = 157) EUR (n = 498) AMR (n = 345) SAS (n = 481) EAS (n = 502)
*1 Normal 24.7 7.8 31.5 35.8 45.1 39.5 26
*2 Normal 13.4 19.8 9.6 15.9 18.3 20.8 7.8
*27 Normal 0.3 0.5 0.3 0 0.3 0 0
*34 Normal 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
*39 Normal 0.1 0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.3
*45 Normal 3.7 4.2 2.2 0 0.3 0 0
*46 Normal 0.5 0.2 1 0 0.1 0 0
*17x2 Normal 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
*29x2 Normal 0.3 0.3 0 0 0 0
*41x2 Normal 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
*10 Decreased 3.9 5.6 3.8 1.2 1.6 3.5 15.2
*17 Decreased 19.5 19.3 16.9 0.2 0.9 0 0
*29 Decreased 10 12.1 5.7 0 0.3 0 0
*41 Decreased 0.8 11.5 2.9 8.5 6.1 11.4 3.4
*84 Decreased 0.1 0.3 0 0 0 0
*3 No function 0 0.2 1 1.8 0.6 0.2 0
*4 No function 1.7 3.4 4.1 11.8 9.6 8.2 0.2
*4x2 No function 2.2 3.8 0.3 0.1 0 0
*4x3 No function 0.1 0.1 0 0 0 0
*5 No function 8.1 5.2 7 2.4 2.2 2.5 3.5
*12 No function 0.2 0.3 0 0 0 0 0
*13 No function 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0
*15 No function 0.2 0.6 0 0 0 0 0
*36 No function 0.4 0.3 0 0 0 0.2
*40 No function 1.4 1.3 0.3 0 0 0 0
*42 No function 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
*56 No function 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
*69 No function 0.1 0 0.1 0 0.2 0.3
*68 + *4 No function 0.1 1 5.7 2.6 2.2 0
*1x2 Increased 0.4 1.1 0.3 0.5 1.2 0.6 0.3
*1x3 Increased 0.2 0 0 0.1 0 0
*2x2 Increased 1.9 1.7 1.3 1.5 0.6 0.4 0.5
*2x3 Increased 0.1 0 0.1 0 0 0.1
*2x4 Increased 0.2 0 0 0 0 0
*45x2 Increased 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
*45x3 Increased 0.1 0 0 0 0 0
*32 Uncertain 0 0.3 0 0.3 0 0.2 0
*43 Uncertain 0.8 1.7 1 0.1 0 1 0
*43x2 Uncertain 0.1 0 0 0.1 0 0
*52 Uncertain 0 0.8 0 0 0 0 0.1
*73 Unknown 0.2 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
*74 Unknown 0.1 0.5 0 0 0 0 0
*106 Unknown 1.5 0 0 0.1 0 0
*122 Unknown 0.1 0.3 0 0 0 0
*125 Unknown 0.3 0.3 0 0 0 0
*139 Unknown 0.1 0 0 0 0.1 0
*149 Unknown 0.3 0 0 0 0 0.1

CYP2D6 star allele frequencies in sub‐Saharan African populations compared with previous studies in this region and global frequency distributions. See Supplementary Materials S3 for the full list including CYP2D6 star alleles called in the global biogeographical groups but not in SSA.

AMR, Admixed American; CPIC, Clinical Pharmacogenetics Implementation Consortium; EAS, East Asian; EUR, European; n, individuals; PharmGKB, Pharmacogenomics Knowledge Base; SSA; sub‐Saharan Africa; SAS, South Asian.

a

See PharmGKB and CPIC CYP2D6 reference materials (https://www.pharmgkb.org/page/cyp2d6RefMaterials).