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Table 3 Cilantro soapy-taste by ancestry

From: A genetic variant near olfactory receptor genes influences cilantro preference

Population

Not soapy (%)

Soapy (%)

Total

MAF

p value

Ashkenazi

634 (85.9%)

104 (14.1%)

738

0.355

0.56

South Europe

458 (86.6%)

71 (13.4%)

529

0.335

0.25

Europe all

13,213 (87.0%)

1,973 (13.0%)

15,186

0.373

1.23×10−8

North Europe

11,794 (87.2%)

1,736 (12.8%)

13,530

0.376

1.17×10−8

All

16,196 (87.6%)

2,299 (12.4%)

18,495

0.356

3.94×10−8

African-American

545 (90.8%)

55 (9.2%)

600

0.224

0.87

Latino

820 (91.3%)

78 (8.7%)

898

0.350

0.29

East Asia

424 (91.6%)

39 (8.4%)

463

0.283

0.22

South Asia

322 (96.1%)

13 (3.9%)

335

0.371

0.0078

  1. Number of people detecting a soapy taste by ancestry group, sorted from most to least soapy-taste detection. For reference, we have added the minor allele frequency of rs7107418 in each group. This SNP is a proxy for rs72921001 (r2 > 0.98), with the minor G allele of rs7107418 corresponding to the minor A allele of rs72921001 (which is associated with less soapy tasting). The p value is the p value of association between soapy-taste and rs7107418 in each group.