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Table 1 Characteristics of participants used for family-based association, case-control and cross-sectional population-based samples in GIPR analyses.

From: Gastric inhibitory polypeptide receptor: association analyses for obesity of several polymorphisms in large study groups

 

sub-group

n participants

sex (M/F)

mean age (y) ± SD

mean BMI (kg/m)2 ± SD

Group

parents

1,522

761/761

42.55 ± 5.96

30.37 ± 6.28

 

children

1,041

477/564

13.88 ± 3.71

31.11 ± 6.051,2

 

obese children and

    

case-control

adolescents

336

153/183

10.74 ± 2.75

28.29 ± 4.811

 

obese adults

987

361/626

46.31 ± 14.74

36.03 ± 5.39

 

underweight and normal

    
 

weight controls

588

235/353

25.28 ± 4.41

19.34 ± 1.94

KORA S3/S4

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

1,849

876/973

54.47 ± 0.29

33.58 ± 0.08

 

BMI < 30 kg/m2

6,420

3,267/3,153

47.92 ± 0.17

25.23 ± 0.04

SHIP

BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2

1,099

531/568

54.90 ± 14.34

33.55 ± 3.29

 

BMI < 30 kg/m2

3,201

1,582/1,619

48.04 ± 16.69

25.13 ± 2.94

  1. 1all had a BMI ≥ the age and gender normalized 90th percentile [22]
  2. 272% even had a BMI ≥ the age and gender normalized 99th percentile [22]
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