Table 1 Milk group (MG) distribution and FucT (FT#) activity for all regions of Vietnam and the total sample population in %. Milk group 1 is separated into 1a and 1b based on Fuc(α1–2) and Fuc(α1–3/4) ratio as described (19), milk groups 3 and 4 are separated into subgroups based on the presence (a) and absence (b) of Fuc(α1–3)- epitopes.
MG | HB n = 20 | PT n = 22 | TG n = 20 | HC n = 18 | HN n = 21 | Total n = 101 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1a | 30.0 | 50.0 | 35.0 | 50.0 | 33.3 | 39.6 |
1b | 40.0 | 9.1 | 10.0 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 13.8 |
2 | 20.0 | 31.8 | 35.0 | 27.8 | 52.4 | 33.7 |
3a | 5.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 11.1 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
3b | 5.0 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 |
4a | 0.0 | 4.5 | 10.0 | 0.0 | 9.5 | 4.9 |
4b | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 1.0 |
FT2 | 80.0 | 63.6 | 55.0 | 72.2 | 33.3 | 60.4 |
FT3 | 90.0 | 90.9 | 80.0 | 88.9 | 85.7 | 87.1 |
FTx | 95.0 | 100.0 | 90.0 | 100.0 | 95.2 | 96.0 |