Table 2 Comparing the Kuwaiti Arab whole-exome variants with Greater Middle East (GME) whole-exome Variome.

From: Assessment of coding region variants in Kuwaiti population: implications for medical genetics and population genomics

SNV Category

Total observed in Kuwaiti Arabs

Present in GME variome

Present only in the “Arabian Peninsula” subregion of GME

All

170508

109058 (64%)

4351

All:Personal

37044

0 (0%)

0

Kuwaiti “Population-specific”

55644

14660 (26.3%)

2393

Kuwaiti “Population-specific polymorphic” variants seen in ≥2 individuals from the study cohort

9429

5474 (58%)

793

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