Table 1 Descriptive statistics (frequencies, means, standard deviations) for the investigated case-control and family sample.
sample# | n* | age [years] | BMI [kg/m2] | weight [kg] | height [cm] | waist hip ratio | lg [leptin] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
underweight adults | 278 | 24.98 (3.69) | 18.24 (1.11) | 59.13 (8.68) | 176.66 (9.65) | 0.79 (0.42) | 0.23 (1.13) |
female | 142 | 24.61 (3.40) | 17.55 (0.77) | 51.98 (4.30) | 169.90 (6.49) | 0.79 (0.59) | 1.21 (0.64) |
male | 136 | 25.37 (3.93) | 18.96 (0.94) | 65.63 (6.19) | 183.72 (6.99) | 0.80 (0.05) | -0.52 (0.80) |
extremely obese children and adolescents | 181 | 14.31 (2.40) | 35.60 (6.12) | 99.05 (24.93) | 165.95 (11.78) | 0.91 (0.10) | 3.25 (0.60) |
female | 91 | 14.61 (2.41) | 35.93 (6.59) | 98.33 (23.51) | 164.63 (9.94) | 0.85 (0.08) | 3.44 (0.48) |
male | 90 | 14.01 (2.37) | 35.25 (5.64) | 99.80 (26.42) | 167.30 (13.33) | 0.97 (0.09) | 3.02 (0.65) |
extremely obese offspring within 703 families | 984 | 14.00 (3.69) | 31.05 (5.98) | 83.55 (24.26) | 162.42 (14.10) | 0.90 (0.09) | 3.06 (0.75) |
female offspring | 543 | 14.01 (3.78) | 31.27 (6.27) | 81.58 (23.89) | 159.89 (12.92) | 0.86 (0.08) | 3.19 (0.63) |
male offspring | 441 | 13.99 (3.59) | 30.79 (5.60) | 85.98 (24.52) | 165.54 (14.85) | 0.93 (0.08) | 2.95 (0.85) |