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Table 1 Descriptive characteristics of American Indian subjects by diabetes status

From: Diabetes-specific genetic effects on obesity traits in American Indian populations: the Strong Heart Family Study

 

Overall participants

Diabetic individuals

Non-diabetic Individuals

Number

976

255

721

Mean age (SD)

42 (16)

53 (14)

38 (15)

Sex female/male

563/400

156/94

407/306

Mean Weight (kg) (SD)

88.7 (20.9)

91.4 (20.4)

87.7 (21.0)

Mean BMI (kg/m2) (SD)

31.8 (7.0)

33.7 (6.6)

31.1 (7.0)

Mean % body fat (SD)

36.5 (9.8)

38.4 (8.6)

35.9 (10.1)

Mean WHR (SD)

0.93 (0.09)

0.97 (0.06)

0.92 (0.09)

Number of relative-pairs

10,271

598

6,303

  1. BMI, body mass index; WHR, waist-to-hip ratio; SD, standard deviation