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Table 1 Demographic summary of sample

From: Sex differences in the human peripheral blood transcriptome

 

Female

Male

Total # subjects (after QC)

3427

1814

group (NTR/NESDA)

2079/1348

1147/667

age (mean/sd)

38.5/12.7

38.9/13.7

bmi (mean/sd)

25.6/4.1

24.5/4.6

smoking status (percentage of smokers)

27.00%

32.00%

red blood cell count

8.3/0.6

9.4/0.6

Menopause status females (pre/post)

2687/740

 

Contraceptive pill use (yes/no)

1093/2334

 
  1. The sample consisted of 5241 subjects (after QC) from the Dutch NESDA and NTR cohorts.