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

Published in final edited form as: Mol Genet Metab. 2006 Dec 14;90(3):338–344. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2006.11.003

Table 1.

Summary of Study Populations

Population	Male/Female	Body Mass Index (kg/m²)	Age (years)
Caucasian Case/Control	Control 73/115 Case 134/57	29.3 (19.8, 43.2)	56.9 (14.1)
African American Case/Control	Control 90/92 Case 189/164	31.2 (20.0, 48.8)	50.0 (13.9)
Utah Caucasian Family Based Metabolic Study	50/72	27.5 (18.3, 41.3)	39.3 (10.5)
Arkansas Caucasian Population based metabolic study	73/135	30.8 (18.2, 41.9)	36.4 (9.0)
African American Population based metabolic study	48/71	30.1 (19.9, 45.8)	37.5 (8.9)

Means are shown as arithmetic means for normal variables and geometric means for skewed variables (BMI). Age is shown as mean (SD); body mass index is shown as mean (95% CI) transferred to the linear scale from the ln-transformation.