Table 4

Frequency of CYP1B1 genotypes in Ethiopian population listed in decreasing order of frequency

GenotypeTrivial NameNo. of subjects
ObservedPredicted (Hardy-Weinberg)
CYP1B1*2/*3 m1 +m2/m344 (29.3%)43
CYP1B1*3/*3 m3/m321 (14.0%)23
CYP1B1*2/*2 m1 +m2/m1 + m219 (12.7%)20
CYP1B1*1/*2 wt/m1 +m210 (6.7%)9.0
CYP1B1*1/*3 wt/m310 (6.7%)10
CYP1B1*3/*7 m3/m1 + m2 + m3 + m59 (6.0%)8.0
CYP1B1*2/*6 m1 + m2/m1 + m2 + m38 (5.3%)7.0
CYP1B1*3/*6 m3/m1 + m2 + m38 (5.3%)7.4
CYP1B1*2/*7 m1 + m2/m1 + m2 + m3 + m57 (4.7%)7.7
CYP1B1*1/*7 wt/m1 + m2 + m3 + m53 (2.0%)1.7
CYP1B1*3/*4 m3/m43 (2.0%)2.3
CYP1B1*2/*4 m1 +m2/m42 (1.3%)2.2
CYP1B1*3/*5 m3/m1 +m31 (0.7%)0.7
CYP1B1*6/*7 m1 + m2 + m3/m1 + m2 + m3 +m51 (0.7%)1.3
CYP1B1*6/*6 m1 + m2 + m3/m1 + m2 +m31 (0.7%)0.6
CYP1B1*4/*7 m4/m1 + m2 + m3 +m51 (0.7%)0.4
CYP1B1*2/*5 m1 + m2/m1 +m31 (0.7%)0.6
CYP1B1*1/*1 wt/wt1 (0.7%)1.0

Eighteen different combinations of CYP1B1 alleles were found among 150 Ethiopians. The observed genotype distribution pattern was consistent with the expected frequencies according to Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium.