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Table 2 Genotypes and allele frequencies for the ADRB2 and ADRB3 genes among all study subjects

From: Possible association of β2- and β3-adrenergic receptor gene polymorphisms with susceptibility to breast cancer

   

Mean ± SD BMI (kg/m2)

   

of subgrouped

Genotypes and allele frequencies

Patients (n [%])

Control individuals (n [%])

control individuals

Genotypes of ADRB2

   

   Gln/Gln

175 (87.6)

150 (82.4)

22.2 ± 2.9*

   Gln/Glu

23 (11.4)

31 (17.0)

 

   Glu/Glu

2 (1.0)

1 (0.6)

 

   Gln/Glu and Glu/Glu

  

22.3 ± 3.1*

Allele frequency of ADRB2

   

   Gln

373 (93.3)

331 (90.9)

-

   Glu

27 (6.7)

33 (9.1)

-

Genotypes of ADRB3

   

   Trp/Trp

140 (70.0)

121 (66.5)

22.3 ± 3.0

   Trp/Arg

56 (28.0)

58 (31.9)

 

   Arg/Arg

4 (2.0)

3 (1.6)

 

   Trp/Arg and Arg/Arg

  

22.1 ± 2.8

Allele frequency of ADRB3

   

   Trp

336 (84.0)

300 (82.4)

-

   Arg

64 (16.0)

64 (17.6)

-

  1. The total number of cases was 200, and that of control individuals was 182. *P = 0.426, P = 0.603 (by t-test).