Table 2.

Means and standard deviations (SD) of age, body mass index (BMI), blood tests, and blood pressure according to SLC22A12 W258X genotype

Characteristics	Males									Females
	WW (n=228)				WX (n=10)			p value		WW (n=489)				WX (n=19)			p value
	Mean	±	SD		Mean	±	SD			Mean	±	SD		Mean	±	SD
Age (years)	62.4	±	10.6		59.9	±	7.4	0.462		59.9	±	9.9		63.4	±	9.6	0.123
BMI (kg/m2)	24.1	±	3.1		23.0	±	1.9	0.293		24.0	±	3.4		24.6	±	2.9	0.431
Uric acid (mg/dL)	5.9	±	1.2		3.1	±	1.2	<0.001		4.6	±	1.0		2.9	±	0.9	<0.001
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	113.1	±	76.4		80.9	±	20.2	0.186		92.0	±	47.4		115.3	±	85.6	<0.05
Total cholesterol (mg/dL)	207.4	±	31.5		206.3	±	31.9	0.911		217.6	±	33.2		218.3	±	34.2	0.925
HDL (mg/dL)	54.0	±	12.7		55.6	±	6.9	0.697		62.1	±	13.7		57.9	±	11.2	0.191
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.79	±	0.12		0.74	±	0.11	0.189		0.61	±	0.10		0.62	±	0.12	0.635
BUN (mg/dL)	15.2	±	3.2		16.2	±	3.5	0.352		13.9	±	3.2		14.4	±	3.7	0.515
Hematocrit (%)	44.3	±	3.4		43.8	±	3.6	0.603		39.7	±	3.1		39.1	±	3.8	0.378
ALP (IU/L)	155.5	±	43.8		160.1	±	48.5	0.748		158.6	±	48.8		171.2	±	73.0	0.280
Total protein (g/dL)	7.5	±	0.42		7.3	±	0.46	0.236		7.6	±	0.41		7.60	±	0.29	0.716
C reactive protein (mg/L)	0.17	±	0.46		0.05	±	0.04	0.409		0.10	±	0.29		0.14	±	0.19	0.510
Systolic blood pressure (mm Hg)	138.3	±	19.2		144.2	±	24.0	0.349		135.0	±	19.4		133.1	±	16.9	0.660
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	88.2	±	10.7		92.4	±	13.7	0.230		84.4	±	10.5		82.9	±	9.3	0.564

BMI: body mass index; HDL: high-density lipoprotein cholesterol; BUN: blood urea nitrogen; ALP: alkaline phosphatase