• J Formos Med Assoc · Apr 1993

    Comparative Study

    DNA polymorphisms of apolipoprotein B in the population of Taiwan.

    • J H Wu, M S Wen, S K Lo, and D Wu.
    • Department of Microbiology and Immunology (Molecular Genetic Laboratory 3), Chang-Gung Medical College, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • J Formos Med Assoc. 1993 Apr 1; 92 (4): 330335330-5.

    AbstractFour apolipoprotein B (apoB) genetic polymorphisms, the AluI, XbaI, MspI and EcoRI restriction fragment length polymorphisms (RFLPs), were analyzed for 162 individuals in Taiwan by polymerase chain reaction. Allele frequency determination revealed that this population has 0.86 AluI- (A-), 0.99 XbaI- (X-), 1.0 MspI+ (M+), and 0.98 EcoRI+ (E+) alleles. Major genotypes were A-/A- (0.75), X-/X- (0.98), M+/M+ (1.0) and E+/E+ (0.96). There were 0.22 A-/A+, 0.02 X-/X+ and 0.04 E+/E- heterozygous genotypes and one minor homozygous A+/A+ (0.03) genotype. The XbaI allele frequency is similar to that found in the Japanese population (XbaI- 0.96), but is significantly different from that in Caucasians (XbaI- 0.31-0.54). Significant differences (p < 0.001) between the Taiwanese and Caucasians were also observed for the AluI, EcoRI and MspI RFLP alleles of the apoB gene. More heterozygous genotypes are observed in Caucasians than in the Taiwanese.

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