Table 1

Allelic and genotype frequencies for the bp repeat polymorphism at the promoter region of the IGF-I gene

Allele (bp length)
Frequency N (%)
Genotype

Frequency N (%)

176
3 (0.5)
WT
192/192
105 (39.8)
188
10 (1.9)

192/194
78 (29.5)
190
23 (4.4)

194/194
6 (2.3)
192
341 (64.6)

total
189 (71.6)
194
108 (20.5)
VC
192/x
53 (20.0)
196
38 (7.2)

194/x
18 (6.8)
198
5 (1.0)

x/x
4 (1.5)



total
75 (28.4)

X, alleles with bp lengths other than 192 or 194; WT, Wild Type; VC, Variant Carrier

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