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Table 1 Study Population Anthropometric and Biochemical characteristics [1]

From: Use of a gene score of multiple low-modest effect size variants can predict the risk of obesity better than the individual SNPs

Characteristics

Obese (n = 250)

Non Obese (n = 225)

p-value

Gender

 Males

139 (55.6%)

118 (52%)

 Females

111 (44.4%)

107 (48%)

Family History

159 (63.6%)

19 (8.4%)

Age (years)

39.63 ± 15.19

37.78 ± 11.53

< 0.001

Weight (Kg)

95.56 ± 16.05

68.63 ± 10.23

< 0.001

Height (ft)

5.36 ± 0.43

5.4 ± 0.91

0.536

BMI(Kg/m2)

34.37 ± 6.08

22.67 ± 5.58

< 0.001

WC (cm)

99.55 ± 12.11

71.95 ± 8.65

< 0.001

HC (cm)

108.51 ± 12.56

78.23 ± 8.34

< 0.001

WHR (WC/HC)

1.00 ± 0.07

0.78 ± 0.01

< 0.001

FPG (mg/dL)

102.71 ± 14.12

89.56 ± 7.29

< 0.001

Total Cholesterol (TC) (mmol/L)

5.63 ± 0.90

4.11 ± 0.79

< 0.001

Triglycerides (TG) (mmol/L)

2.64 ± 0.83

2.12 ± 0.05

< 0.001

HDL-c (mmol /L)

1.11 ± 0.10

2.09 ± 0.44

< 0.001

LDL-c (mmol/L)

2.57 ± 0.56

2.02 ± 0.34

< 0.001

Gene Score

9.1 ± 2.26

8.35 ± 2.07

< 0.001

Minimum

3

0

Maximum

20

13

  1. Legend: The table summarizes the general, anthropometric and biochemical characteristics of the study population. Values are indicated as mean ± SD. BMI Body mass index, WC Waist Circumference, HC Hip Circumference, WHR Waist to Hip Ratio, FPG Fasting Plasma Glucose, HDL-c High Density Lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL-c Low Density Lipoprotein cholesterol