Table 1

Apolipoprotein E allele frequencies and genotype among women with pre-eclampsia and healthy pregnant controls, and in the general population

Allele frequenciesPre-eclamptic women (%)Controls (%)Population (%)
ε214/133 (5.3%)11/91 (6.0%)4%
ε3203/133 (76.3%)137/133 (75.3%)77%
ε449/133 (18.4%)34/133 (18.7%)19%
Genotype frequencies
2/20/133 (0%)0/91 (0%)0.3%
2/311/133 (8.3%)10/91 (11.0%)5.4%
2/43/133 (2.3%)1/91 (1.1%)1.8%
3/379/133 (59.4%)54/91 (59.3%)58.7%
3/434/133 (25.6%)19/91 (20.9%)30.6%
4/46/133 (4.5%)7/91 (7.7%)3.2%