Research Article

Urinary Elimination of Coproporphyrins Is Dependent on ABCC2 Polymorphisms and Represents a Potential Biomarker of MRP2 Activity in Humans

Table 2

Relationships between UCP I/(I + III) ratio and each ABCC2 polymorphism using the Mann-Whitney test.

PolymorphismGenotypeFrequency no. (%)Median [interquartile range] UCP I/(I + III) ratio (%)P value*

ABCC2 −24 C/TCC46 (62.2) 26.9 [8.4] .08
CT25 (33.8)
TT3 (4.0)33.8 [5.8]

ABCC2 1249 G/AGG52 (70.2) 27.8 [8.4] .39
GA21 (28.4)
AA1 (1.4)33.6 [na]

ABCC2 3563 T/ATT64 (86.5) 28 [8.6]
TA10 (13.5)
AA0

ABCC2 3972 C/TCC29 (37.7) 26.7 [7.6] .04
CT37 (49.3)
TT8 (12.0)33.1 [3.1]

ABCC2 4544 G/AGG64 (86.5) 28 [8.6]
GA10 (13.5)
AA0

*Wild-type allele carriers versus homozygous variant.