Genotype/allele | All athletes | RL athletes | RU athletes | Controls | Forwards | Backs | Front 5 | Back row | Half backs | Back 3 and centres |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FTO | ||||||||||
 AA | 80 (15.1) | 12 (13.6) | 69 (15.3) | 90 (16.1) | 48 (18.5) | 21 (11.0) | 30 (17.0) | 18 (21.7) | 13 (17.8) | 8 (6.8)* |
 AT | 280 (52.7) | 49 (55.7) | 235 (52.3) | 266 (47.6) | 133 (51.4) | 102 (54.7) | 94 (53.4) | 39 (47.0) | 34 (46.6) | 68 (57.6) |
 TT | 170 (32.2) | 27 (30.7) | 146 (32.4) | 203 (36.3) | 78 (30.1) | 68 (34.3) | 52 (29.6) | 26 (31.3) | 26 (35.6) | 42 (35.6)‡ |
 Total | 530 | 88 | 450 | 559 | 259 | 191 | 176 | 83 | 73 | 118 |
 A allele | 440 (41.5) | 73 (41.5) | 375 (41.4) | 446 (39.9) | 229 (44.2) | 144 (37.7) | 154 (43.7) | 75 (45.2) | 60 (41.1) | 84 (35.6)‡ |
 T allele | 620 (58.5) | 103 (58.5) | 527 (58.6) | 672 (60.1) | 289 (55.8) | 238 (62.3) | 198 (56.3) | 91 (54.8) | 86 (58.9) | 152 (64.4) |