Table 1.
Basic characteristics of participants in the study, specified by generations (n = 1,145)
| Probands (N = 368) | Siblings (N = 333) | Parents (N = 444) | ||||||||||
| Mean | SD | Skewness | Kurtosis | Mean | SD | Skewness | Kurtosis | Mean | SD | Skewness | Kurtosis | |
| Age (years) | 16.45 | 0.97 | 0.33 | 0.34 | 17.83 | 3.43 | 0.59 | 1.05 | 43.65 | 5.74 | 1.35 | 4.65 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 20.63 | 3.87 | 1.13 | 1.24 | 20.08 | 3.13 | 1.31 | 4.26 | 24.23 | 3.91 | 1.03 | 4.40 |
| SBP (mmHg) | 108.86 | 13.02 | 0.34 | -0.34 | 111.65 | 12.90 | 0.36 | 0.27 | 119.13 | 15.12 | 0.82 | 1.28 |
| DBP (mmHg) | 67.79 | 9.33 | -0.05 | -0.75 | 70.66 | 10.36 | 0.18 | 0.51 | 78.48 | 11.46 | 0.70 | 0.68 |
| LV mass (gm) | 117.02 | 39.99 | 1.00 | 1.06 | 111.10 | 38.26 | 0.91 | 0.87 | 150.08 | 48.65 | 0.62 | 0.21 |
| LV mass index (gm/m2.7) | 31.93 | 9.41 | 1.02 | 1.88 | 30.39 | 8.80 | 0.87 | 1.49 | 41.16 | 11.59 | 0.47 | -0.11 |
| Smoking | 1 (0.3%) | 35 (10.5%) | 159 (35.8%) | |||||||||
| Alcohol drinking | 1 (0.3%) | 25 (7.5%) | 173 (39.0%) | |||||||||
Abbreviated: BMI: body mass index, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, LV: left ventricular