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Table 3 Allele and genotype distribution for 5-HTTLPR, 5-HTTLPR and STin2.VNTRs polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter gene

From: Association between serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and increased suicidal risk among HIV positive patients in Uganda

5-HTTLPR

 Genotype distribution:

Count (Frequency)

   L/L

358 (0.65)

   L/S

155 (0.28)

   S/S

38 (0.07)

5-HTTLPR/rs25531

 Genotype distribution

Count (Frequency)

   L A /L A

223 (0.40)

   L A /S A

121 (0.22)

   L A /L G

116 (0.21)

   L A /S G

3 (0.01)

   S A /S A

34 (0.06)

   S A /L G

32 (0.06)

   L G /L G

23 (0.04)

   L G /S G

1 (0.00)

   S G /S G

4 (0.01)

STin2. VNTRs

 Genotype distribution

Count (Frequency)

   12/12

317 (0.57)

   12/10

182 (0.33)

   10/10

55 (0.10)

  1. 5-HTTLPR, serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region; L, long allele; S, short allele; L/L, long long; L/S, long short and S/S, short short genotypes; L A , and S A are over expressing alleles while L G and S G are under expressing alleles of the 5-HTTLPR/rs25531 locus; STin2, Serotonin transporter intron 2; VNTRs, Variable number of tandem repeats; 10, 10 repeat VNTRs and 12, 12 repeat VNTRs for STin2 VNTRS