Table 1.
Clinical and Family-Structure Characteristics of the Entire 573-Pedigree Data Set
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Mean (SD) in |
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| Males (n=659) | Females (n=564) | |
| Age at examination (years) | 63.7 (8.4) | 64.5 (8.4) |
| AAD (years) | 55.2 (8.6) | 56.1 (8.6) |
| BMI (kg/m2)a | 27.8 (4.3) | 29.8 (5.6) |
| Waist-to-hip ratioa | .95 (.07) | .86 (.07) |
| Affected sib pairs: | ||
| All possibleb | 743 | |
| Independentc | 650 | |
a
Significant difference (P<.0001) between males and females.
b
Calculated as s(s-1)/2, where s is the number of sibs.
c
Calculated as s-1, where s is the number of sibs (Suarez and Hodge 1979).