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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of Pune Indian individuals and UK white subjects.

From: Triglyceride associated polymorphisms of the APOA5gene have very different allele frequencies in Pune, India compared to Europeans

 

Pune Indians

UK Whites

N

557

237

% male

45

52

Age (Yrs)

36 (32–40)

34 (31–38)

BMI (kg/m2)

22.3 (19.7–24.9)

26 (23.2–28.6)

Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)

155 (133 – 184)

187 (168 – 215)

HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dl)

40 (32 – 49)

53 (46 – 64)

LDL-Cholesterol (mg/dl)

94 (77 – 118)

113 (93 – 139)

Triglycerides (mg/dl)

85 (59 – 119)

84 (62 – 117)

Fasting glucose (mg/dl)

88 (80–96)

85 (79–88)

Fasting insulin (mg/dl)

34 (22–50)

53 (42–75)

  1. Pune Indian individuals (adults from the Pune Children Study) and UK white subjects (adults from the Plymouth EarlyBird study).
  2. Data presented as median (interquartile range); BMI; Body Mass Index, HDL; High Density Lipoprotein, LDL; Low Density Lipoprotein.
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