Characteristics of the population_
| Variables | |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | 48.04 ± 8.35 |
| Sex (% male) | 131 (70.05%) |
| Alcohol, n (%) | 109 (58.28%) |
| Smoking, n (%) | 96 (51.33%) |
| BMI, kg/m2 | 26.59 ± 3.88 |
The frequencies of ApoE alleles in European countries
| Population, no. of individuals | Allele count (%) | Genotype (%) | Reference | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ε2 | ε3 | ε4 | ε2/ε2 | ε2/ε3 | ε2/ε4 | ε3/ε3 | ε3/ε4 | ε4/ε4 | ||
| Romania, 187 | 6.9 | 96.25 | 28.49 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 66.12 | 24.73 | 2.1 | |
| East European Countries | ||||||||||
| Mean | 7.74 | 82.28 | 9.96 | 0.85 | 13.24 | 1.25 | 71.7 | 17 | 1.5 | |
| Serbia, 93 | 6.67 | 83.33 | 10.0 | 0 | 13.33 | 0 | 70 | 13.33 | 3.33 | [23] |
| Hungary, 757 | 7.8 | 81.9 | 10.3 | 0.7 | 12.8 | 1.6 | 66.9 | 16.9 | 1.1 | [24, 25] |
| Ukraine, 96 | 13.5 | 77.1 | 9.4 | 2.1 | 20.8 | 2.1 | 59.4 | 14.6 | 1 | [26] |
| Slovakia, 351 | 6,9 | 85.5 | 7.6 | 0.6 | 11.7 | 1.1 | 72.9 | 13.1 | 0.6 | [27] |
| Czechia, 175 | 6.3 | 83.4 | 10.3 | 1.7 | 8.0 | 1.1 | 72.0 | 14.9 | 2.3 | [28] |
| Poland, 137 | 5.5 | 83.9 | 10.6 | 0 | 13.81 | 1.81 | 96.67 | 25.32 | 1.66 | [29] |
| Russia, 350 | 7.52 | 80.86 | 11.57 | 0.9 | 12.3 | 1.1 | 64.3 | 20.9 | 0.6 | [26] |
| North European Countries | ||||||||||
| Mean | 11.29 | 87.49 | 23.38 | 0.71 | 11.36 | 2.62 | 58.92 | 24.11 | 2.54 | |
| Norway, 395 | 8.7 | 78.1 | 13.2 | 0.8 | 12.7 | 2.3 | 61 | 20.5 | 1.7 | [30] |
| Sweden, 750 | 14.8 | 89.7 | 32.6 | 0.65 | 11.1 | 3.05 | 55.9 | 22.7 | 1.9 | [31, 32] |
| Estonia, 297 | 8.3 | 75.4 | 16.3 | 0.67 | 12.46 | 2.69 | 56.90 | 24.58 | 2.69 | [33] |
| Lithuania, 1,035 | 10 | 78 | 11 | 0.4 | 16.6 | 3.3 | 61.3 | 17.3 | 1.1 | [34] |
| Denmark, 466 | 8.5 | 74.1 | 17.4 | 1.7 | 11.6 | 1.9 | 55.8 | 25.1 | 3.9 | [35] |
| Finland, 203 | 11.9 | 95.2 | 42.9 | 0.5 | 9.9 | 1.5 | 46.8 | 35.5 | 5.9 | [24] |
| Iceland, 185 | 13.5 | 93.6 | 29.7 | 0 | 10.3 | 3.2 | 60.0 | 23.2 | 3.2 | [24] |
| Ireland, 100 | 12 | 95 | 24 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 66 | 20 | 2 | [36] |
| South European Countries | ||||||||||
| Mean | 11.4 | 88.63 | 11.29 | 0.9 | 13.68 | 1 | 69.2 | 14.18 | 0.98 | |
| Bosnia, 170 | 12.6 | 78 | 9.4 | 1.8 | 19.4 | 2.4 | 60.5 | 14.7 | 1.2 | [37] |
| Croatia, 456 | 5.7 | 85.5 | 8.8 | 0.2 | 10.5 | 0.5 | 71.9 | 16.7 | 0.2 | [38] |
| Greece, 140 | 17.4 | 97.15 | 13.57 | 0.71 | 15.72 | 0.71 | 70.0 | 11.43 | 1.43 | [39] |
| Portugal, 607 | 12.5 | 97.5 | 17.3 | 0.3 | 11.3 | 0.9 | 71.1 | 15.1 | 1.3 | [40] |
| Spain, 399 | 7.5 | 85 | 7.4 | 1.5 | 11.5 | 0.5 | 72.5 | 13 | 0.8 | [41] |
| West European Countries | ||||||||||
| Mean | 9.67 | 78.17 | 17.8 | 0.9 | 12.12 | 2.1 | 58.87 | 23.45 | 2.35 | |
| Austria, 749 | 8.3 | 74.3 | 17.4 | 0.7 | 12.6 | 2.9 | 55.0 | 25.8 | 3.0 | [24, 42] |
| Germany, 2,031 | 7.7 | 77.8 | 14.5 | 0.6 | 12.0 | 2.2 | 60.5 | 22.6 | 2.1 | [43] |
| France, 498 | 14.5 | 85.5 | 22.5 | 1.6 | 11.9 | 1 | 64 | 20.1 | 1.4 | [44] |
| Netherlands, 2,000 | 8.2 | 75.1 | 16.8 | 0.7 | 12.0 | 2.3 | 56.0 | 25.3 | 2.9 | [45] |
ApoE alleles frequency in Romanian population
| Allele | Allelic count (%) |
|---|---|
| ε3 | 180 (96.25%) |
| ε4 | 53 (28.49%) |
| ε2 | 13 (6.9%) |
| Genotype | n (%) |
| ε3/ε3 | 123 (66.12%) |
| ε3/ε4 | 46 (24.73%) |
| ε2/ε3 | 9 (4.8%) |
| ε2/ε2 | 1 (0.5%) |
| ε2/ε4 | 3 (1.6%) |
| ε4/ε4 | 4 (2.1%) |