“…A possible association was observed between the Val105Val genotype and increased susceptibility to these diseases in alcoholics (7.3% in healthy Brazilian vs 28.6% in pancreatitis cases) (Burim et al, 2004). Kaymak et al (2008) found that heterozygous (GSTP1 I105V) individuals in a Turkish population undergoing sevoflurane anesthesia showed an increased level of serum α-GST enzyme within 24 h after anesthesia. International studies have indicated that the Val105 allele is more common in African-Americans (42%), but less common among Chinese (22%), Taiwanese (18%), and Japanese (14%) populations compared to European-Americans (33%), while allele Val114 is less often observed in African-Americans (5%) than in European-Americans (9%) (Watson et al, 1998;Zhong et al, 2006).…”