. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Apr 1.

Published in final edited form as: Am Heart J. 2007 Apr;153(4):636–639. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2006.12.015

Table 1.

Characteristics of 1,735 study participants according to FUT3 genotypes in the Framingham Offspring Study

	FUT3 Genotype
	FUT3 genotypes that affect enzyme activity^*	FUT3 genotypes without effect on enzyme activity^†
Characteristics	(n=506)	(n=1229)
Alcohol (g/d)	8.1±12.0	10.3±15.1
Age (y)	59.1±9.6	59.9±9.5
Body mass index (kg/m²)	25.1±4.5	25.3±4.2
Education (y)	14.0±2.6	14.0±2.6
Systolic BP (mm Hg)	120.9±16.2	122.2±16.0
Total cholesterol (mg/dl)	196.7±39.0	193.6±36.5
HDL-cholesterol (mg/dl)	51.5±15.3	50.6±14.6
Ratio of total/HDL cholesterol	4.3±1.4	4.4±1.3
Pack-years of smoking	9.7±14.8	11.7±15.4
Sex (% male)	47.4	50.8
Hypertension (%)	17.8	17.7
Diabetes mellitus (%)	12.7	14.0

Defined as presence of TA and AA genotypes of the T1067A mutation; CC and TC genotypes for T202C mutation; and GG genotype of the T59G mutation.

^†

The rest of the genotypes not included above. Data are presented as means ± standard deviation unless otherwise specified