High frequency of the D allele of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene in Arabic populations

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Table 1 Allele frequencies and heterozygosities of the ACE gene among Egyptians, Jordanians and Syrians.

				ACE Allele Frequency		Heterozygosity
Population	N	ACE Genotype	Number Observed (and Expected)	I	D	Observed	Expected
Egypt-Ismailia	112	II	16 (13.66)	0.321	0.679	0.357	0.474
		ID	40 (45.76)
		DD	56 (52.59)
Egypt-Sinai	52	II	4 (6.34)	0.337	0.663	0.519	0.474
		ID	27 (21.24)
		DD	21 (24.42)
Egypt-Total	164	II	20 (17.43)	0.326	0.674	0.409	0.473
		ID	67 (72.07)
		DD	77 (74.50)
Syrians	70	II	9 (11.20)	0.400	0.600	0.543	0.527
		ID	38 (33.60)
		DD	23 (25.20)
Jordanians	60	II	13 (7.01)	0.342	0.658	0.250	0.505
		ID	15 (25.9)
		DD	32 (27)

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