Genetic mutations in nonsyndromic deafness patients of Chinese minority and han ethnicities in Yunnan, China

Table 3 Prevalence of GJB2, SLC26A4 and mtDNA 1555A > G mutation in the Asian

Different areas	Patients’ number	Prequency of pathologic variants (%)			References
Different areas	Patients’ number	GJB2	SLC26A4	mtDNA 1555A > G
Typical areas of China	284	18.31%	13.73%	1.76%	Yuan YY et al. [17]
Typical areas of China	284	(52/284)	(39/284)	(5/284)	Yuan YY et al. [17]
Yunnan	42	16.67%	9.52%	11.90%	This study
(minority)		(7/42)	(4/42)	(5/42)	This study
Yunnan	193	17.62%	9.84%	7.77%	This study
(Han Chinese)		(34/193)	(19/193)	(15/193)	This study
Tibet	114			1.75%	Yuan YY et al. [40]
(Tibetan)				(2/114)	Yuan YY et al. [40]
Xinjiang	199	9.05%	2.01%	1.51%	Chen Y et al. [41]
(Uyghur)		(18/199)	(4/199)	(3/199)	Chen Y et al. [41]
Korea	1256	1.91%			Kim SY et al. [42]
		(24/1256)			Kim SY et al. [42]
Japan	1343	14.2%			Tsukada K et al. [43]
		(1911/1343)			Tsukada K et al. [43]

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