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Table 1 General characteristics of the study groups

From: Interaction between obesity and the Hypoxia Inducible Factor 3 Alpha Subunit rs3826795 polymorphism in relation with plasma alanine aminotransferase

 

Total

Obese

Non-obese

P

Number

2030

705

1325

 

Boys (%)

1218(60.0)

484(68.7)

734(55.4)

<0.001

Age (year)

12.9 ± 2.7

12.8 ± 2.6

12.9 ± 2.7

0.497

Body mass index (BMI, kg/m2)

23.8 ± 4.8

28.1 ± 3.9

21.5 ± 3.5

<0.001

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT, IU/L)

1.12 ± 0.27

1.26 ± 0.29

1.05 ± 0.24

<0.001

  1. Values are provided as Mean ± SD if not indicated otherwise
  2. For ALT, the log converted values are used instead of the original values
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