Table 1 |
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Genotypes and hypolactasia/lactase persistence distribution among the different ethnic groups (%). |
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Genotypes |
White |
Brown |
Black |
Japanese-Brazilian |
Total |
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CC (hypolactasia) |
226 (56.6) |
37 (56.9) |
40 (80.0) |
53 (100) |
356 (62.8) |
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CT |
149 (37.3) |
26 (40.0) |
8 (16.0) |
183 (32.3) |
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TT |
24 (6.0) |
2 (3.1) |
2 (4.0) |
28 (4.9) |
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Lactase persistence (CT and TT) |
173 (43.4) |
28 (43.1) |
10 (20)a |
None a |
211 (37.2) |
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Total |
399 (100) |
65 (100) |
50 (100) |
53 (100) |
567 (100) |
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a P < 0.01 |
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Mattar et al. Nutrition Journal 2009 8:46 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-8-46 |
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