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. 2007 Dec 4;8:73. doi: 10.1186/1471-2350-8-73

Table 1.

Sample phenotypic distributions

Name Phenotype Sample 1 Obesity Sample 2 Obesity replication Sample 3a Fat cells
Obese Women (N = 581) Men (N = 124) Women (N = 689) Men (N = 148) Women (N = 216)
Age (years) 41 ± 12 45 ± 13 43 ± 11 45 ± 12 38 ± 10
BMI (kg/m2) 43 ± 5 45 ± 5 37 ± 5 45 ± 5 38 ± 5
HOMAIR 5.3 ± 5.7 10.5 ± 16.5 4.5 ± 5.7 8.2 ± 5.5 3.8 ± 2.8
Pl-cholesterol (mmol/l) 5.2 ± 1. 5.2 ± 1.2 5.3 ± 1.1 5.2 ± 1.1 5.2 ± 1.1
Pl-HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) 1.2 ± 0.3 1.0 ± 0.2 1.3 ± 0.3 1.1 ± 0.3 1.2 ± 0.3
Pl-triglycerides (mmol/l) 1.7 ± 0.9 2.3 ± 2.3 1.7 ± 1.0 2.0 ± 1.2 1.6 ± 1.0
Lean Women (N = 338) Men (N = 64) Women (N = 525) Men (N = 88) Women (N = 12)
Age (years) 50 ± 4 57 ± 8 39 ± 6 36 ± 11 33 ± 8
BMI (kg/m2) 22 ± 2 23 ± 2 22 ± 3 23 ± 1 22 ± 2
HOMAIR 1.3 ± 0.7 1.6 ± 0.8 1.3 ± 1.0 1.4 ± 0.7 1.4 ± 0.9
Pl-cholesterol (mmol/l) 5.4 ± 1.0 5.7 ± 1.1 4.7 ± 0.8 4.9 ± 1.1 4.8 ± 0.7
Pl-HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) 1.7 ± 0.4 1.4 ± 0.4 1.6 ± 0.4 1.3 ± 0.5 1.6 ± 0.4
Pl-triglycerides (mmol/l) 0.9 ± 0.5 1.5 ± 1.0 0.9 ± 0.5 1.3 ± 1.4 0.8 ± 0.2

Values are mean ± SD

a) 99 subjects overlap between sample 1 and 3.