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Table 2 APOE genotype and allele frequencies

From: Genetic association between the APOE ε4 allele, toxicant exposures and Gulf war illness diagnosis

 

GWI (n = 220)

Control (n = 131)

APOE genotype frequencies

ε2/ε2

0 (0%)

1 (0.8%)

ε2/ε3

27 (12.3%)

17 (13.0%)

ε2/ε4

9 (4.1%)

3 (2.3%)

ε3/ε3

129 (58.6%)

88 (67.2%)

ε3/ε4

43 (19.5%)

22 (16.8%)

ε4/ε4

12 (5.5%)

0 (0%)

APOE allele frequencies

ε2

36 (8.2%)

22 (8.4%)

ε3

328 (74.6%)

215 (82.1%)

ε4

76 (17.3%)

25 (9.5%)

  1. Note: While APOE genotypes in controls were in Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium (HWE), APOE genotypes were not in HWE in GWI cases (p = 0.012).