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Table 1 Descriptive statistics by sex and self-reported ancestry

From: On the association of common and rare genetic variation influencing body mass index: a combined SNP and CNV analysis

Variable

Men

Women

 

Mean EA (SD) n = 780

Mean AA (SD) n = 231

Mean EA (SD) n = 1070

Mean AA (SD) n = 267

Age

40.4 (9.7)

41.1 (8.3)

39.3 (9.0)

39.3 (6.9)

BMI

27.5 (4.6)

28.4 (5.1)

26.5 (6.5)

31.5 (7.3)

 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

Obese

184 (23.6%)

72 (31.2%)

246 (23.0%)

130 (48.7%)

AD

501 (64.2%)

171 (74.0%)

300 (28.0%)

120 (44.9%)

ND

406 (52.1%)

125 (54.1%)

466 (43.6%)

151 (56.6%)

  1. Note: EA = European-American, AA = African-American, SD = standard deviation, Age = age at interview in years, BMI = body mass index kg/m2, Obese = BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2, AD = alcohol dependence, ND = nicotine dependence.