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Table 3 Genotype and minor allele frequency of the HLA-B27 tagging SNP rs4349859 in New Zealand Caucasian controls stratified according to age

From: Prevalence of HLA-B27 in the New Zealand population: effect of age and ethnicity

Dataset

Mean age (years)

rs4349859 genotype frequency

MAFa

Inferred HLA-B27 prevalenceb

P value

GG

AG

AA

A1 (n = 485)

44.9

441 (0.909)

42 (0.087)

2 (0.004)

46 (0.047)

44 (0.091)

0.92

A2 (n = 735)

69.9

667 (0.907)

65 (0.088)

3 (0.004)

71 (0.048)

68 (0.092)

 
  1. SNP, single nucleotide polymorphism.
  2. aMinor allele frequency.
  3. bDetermined by adding together the rs4349859 AG and AA genotypes.