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Table 2 General characteristics of the study samples

From: Association of common variants identified by recent genome-wide association studies with obesity in Chinese children: a case-control study

 

Normal-weight group

Overweight group

Obese group

Number

607

718

705

Female (%)

323(53.2)

268(37.3)

221(31.3)

Age

12.55 ± 3.04

13.26 ± 2.36

12.85 ± 2.59

Height(cm)

156.20 ± 15.86

161.96 ± 12.97

162.74 ± 13.81

Weight(kg)

47.09 ± 13.52

63.65 ± 13.61

76.11 ± 19.96

BMI (kg/m2)

18.77 ± 2.50

23.86 ± 2.20

28.12 ± 3.94

BMI-SDS

0.003 ± 0.71

1.57 ± 0.27

2.49 ± 0.48

  1. Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, if not indicated otherwise. BMI body mass index, SDS Standard deviation score