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Table 1 Phenotypic characterization of the study population

From: Genetic insights into fetal growth and measures of glycaemic regulation and adiposity in adulthood: a family-based study

Family relation

Probands

(n = 58)

Offspring

(n = 249)

Other relatives

(n = 79)

Spouses

(n = 48)

Trait

Mean (SD)

Range

Mean (SD)

Range

Mean (SD)

Range

Mean (SD)

Range

Body composition at birth

 Sex (men/women)

34/24

NA

118/131

NA

38/41

NA

12/36

NA

 Birth weight (g)

3495 (510.9)

2200, 4000

3573 (582.1)

1950, 5500

3622 (467.3)

2300, 4400

3466 (491.8)

1950, 4500

 Birth length (cm)

50.8 (2.2)

46.0, 54.0

52.3 (2.2)

45.0, 59.0

52.3 (2.3)

47.0, 59.0

50.7 (2.4)

42.0, 54.0

 Ponderal index

26.5 (3.6)

21.3, 36.2

24.9 (2.8)

12.7, 33.6

25.4 (3.1)

19.1, 36.2

26.6 (2.7)

21.3, 32.0

Body composition in adulthood

 Age (years)

67.8 (8.2)

43.3, 86.1

40.6 (9.0)

14.9, 73.0

48.9 (16.9)

19.7, 83.6

66.1 (8.2)

42.5, 88.2

 Weight (kg)

88.2 (17.7)

56.5, 153.0

78.6 (16.2)

47.5, 134.2

80.3 (16.9)

48.0, 124.0

78.0 (12.5)

57.3, 110.0

 Height (cm)

169.0 (10.7)

151.0, 191.5

173.1 (8.6)

154.0, 200.0

169.8 (9.3)

147.0, 192.0

165 (6.9)

152.0, 179.0

 Waist (cm)

101.1 (14.1)

79.0, 150.0

86.3 (13.9)

61.0, 128.0

90.9 (14.4)

63.0, 126.0

92.0 (11.4)

72.0, 118.0

 Hip (cm)

105.9 (10.5)

91.0, 155.0

99.6 (8.89)

76.0, 132.0

101.9 (11.4)

81.0, 137.0

104.1 (9.8)

87.0, 131.0

 Waist-hip ratio

0.95 (0.1)

0.79, 1.19

0.87 (0.10)

0.67, 1.17

0.89 (0.1)

0.68, 1.10

0.88 (0.08)

0.71, 1.09

 BMI (kg/m2)

30.8 (5.3)

22.3, 48.8

26.2 (4.85)

16.9, 43.1

27.8 (5.3)

17.9, 43.4

28.8 (5.2)

20.3, 40.8

 Fat free mass (kg)

56.5 (13.0)

36.3, 84.2

52.2 (10.8)

30.3, 86.0

53.7 (12.6)

35.8, 85.6

46.5 (7.6)

32.8, 66.6

 Fat mass (kg)

32.6 (11.2)

14.2, 79.5

25.6 (11.1)

3.76, 58.8

30.4 (11.6)

5.91, 60.6

30.2 (11.3)

12.0, 58.2

Glyceamic regulation in adulthood

 

Probands

(n = 28)

Offspring

(n = 246)

Other relatives

(n = 77)

Spouses

(n = 47)

Fasting serum insulin (pmol/l)

66.7 (37.3)

18.0, 160.0

43.0 (31.5)

5.67, 210.3

55.1 (40.4)

15.7, 253.0

52.2 (41.7)

18.3, 267.3

HOMA-B (%)

388.7 (315.8)

58.5, 1090

520.6 (361.5)

75.0, 3182

530.2 (306.9)

73.6, 1853

590.5 (444.5)

170.7, 2839

BIGTT-AIR

998.0 (874.6)

140.9, 1889

2608.0 (1364)

82.7, 9238

2705 (2032)

1261, 14,000

4593 (10884)

1244, 66,560

Insulinogenic index

26.49 (25.2)

7.20, 63.5

134.3 (422.2)

8.35, 5970

101.8 (117.8)

4.91, 815.2

95.5 (75.0)

15.3, 368.3

AUC insulin 4 h (pmol/l*min)

36,600 (30016)

14,350, 77,980

45,380 (32892)

12,120, 223,400

54,370 (30367)

8060, 125,800

68,500 (56029)

21,790, 329,300

Insulin sensitivity

 HOMA-IR

22.2 (14.7)

4.98, 57.9

10.8 (9.47)

0.95, 57.5

15.9 (20.1)

3.52, 156.3

13.1 (11.1)

3.90, 64.0

 Matsuda insulin sensitivity index

10.5 (7.3)

2.35, 26.3

10.5 (6.08)

1.50, 38.3

8.81 (5.6)

1.10, 24.7

9.26 (7.43)

0.96, 39.0

  1. Data is presented as means, SD and range for the four different types of family relation (probands, offspring, other relatives and spouses). AUC: area under the curve, BIGTT-AIR: index for acute insulin response, HOMA-B: HOMA for beta cell function, HOMA-IR: HOMA for insulin resistance