Polygenic study of endurance-associated genetic markers ACE I/D, ACTN3 Arg(R)577Ter(X), CKMM A/G NcoI and eNOS Glu(G)298Asp(T) in male Gorkha soldiers

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Table 1 Details of participants based on ethno-linguistic grouping (n = 394)

Group	Region of origin	Linguistic phylum and linguistic cluster^a	n, males
Gurung	Nepal	TB, Tamangic	28
Gurung	India		47
Magar	Nepal	TB, Magaric	25
Magar	India		101
Rai	Nepal	TB, Kirantic	37
Rai	India		37
Tamang	Nepal	TB, Tamangic	36
Tamang	India		18
Limbu	Nepal	TB, Kirantic	25
Limbu	India		40

Note: Of the 394 participants, 20 individuals were hypertensive and excluded from subsequent studies. The participants were two Gurungs (one from Nepal and one from India), three Magars (two from Nepal and one from India), nine Rais (six from Nepal and three from India), one Tamang (from Nepal) and five Limbus (three from Nepal and one from India)
TB Tibeto-Burman
^aClassification according to van Driem [24]