[Haptoglobin types among the population of western Kazakhstan and their relation to humoral factors of body resistance].

Among 803 healthy persons examined, 20.4% of Russians and 18.1% of Kazakhs had Hp 1-1 phenotype, 50.0 and 49.3%, respectively, had Hp 2-1 and 29.6 and 32.6% had Hp 2-2 phenotype. The frequency of Hp1 and Hp2 genes is 0.455 and 0.429, 0.545 and 0.571 (p less than 0.05) for Russians and Kazakhs, respectively. The correlation is established between the haptoglobin type and the level of haemolysins. For example, the latter is greater in number in the organisms of persons possessing the Hp2 gene, especially, when in homozygotic state.