Table 2

Human FMO3 allele frequencies

	n	Relative Frequency	Relative Frequency
		(E)	(K)
Site 158
Caucasians	179	0.61 ± 0.009^2-a	0.39
Caucasians	179	(0.625–0.595)^2-b	0.39
Africans	90	0.59 ± 0.018	0.41
Africans	90	(0.62–0.56)	0.41	Test of Homogeneity
Asians	66	0.85 ± 0.018	0.15	χ²	28.33
Asians	66	(0.88–0.82)	0.15	χ²	28.33
Hispanics	85	0.65 ± 0.018	0.35	df	3
Hispanics	85	(0.68–0.62)	0.35	df	3
Combined	420	0.65 ± 0.003	0.35	P	0
Combined	420	(0.655–0.645)	0.35	P	0
Site 257
		(V)	(M)
Caucasians	179	0.93 ± 0.006	0.07
Caucasians	179	(0.94–0.92)	0.07
Africans	90	0.93 ± 0.012	0.07
Africans	90	(0.95–0.91)	0.07	Test of Homogeneity
Asians	66	0.80 ± 0.019	0.20	χ²	20.96
Asians	66	(0.832–0.768)	0.20	χ²	20.96
Hispanics	85	0.92 ± 0.013	0.08	df	3
Hispanics	85	(0.942–0.898)	0.08	df	3
Combined	420	0.91 ± 0.003	0.09	P	0.0001
Combined	420	(0.915–0.905)	0.09	P	0.0001
Site 308
		(E)	(G)
Caucasians	179	0.84 ± 0.007	0.16
Caucasians	179	(0.851–0.829)	0.16
Africans	90	0.96 ± 0.011	0.04
Africans	90	(0.978–0.942)	0.04	Test of Homogeneity
Asians	66	0.86 ± 0.017	0.14	χ²	17.67
Asians	66	(0.888–0.832)	0.14	χ²	17.67
Hispanics	85	0.88 ± 0.013	0.12	df	3
Hispanics	85	(0.902–0.858)	0.12	df	3
Combined	420	0.87 ± 0.003	0.13	P	0.0005
Combined	420	(0.875–0.865)	0.13	P	0.0005

↵2-a Allelic frequency ± S.D.
↵2-b Values are 95% confidence intervals for the allelic frequencies reported.