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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Oct 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Hum Genet. 2008 Jun 4;53(8):718–727. doi: 10.1007/s10038-008-0303-1

TABLE 1.

General characteristics of subjects

Variable Chingford Twins UK
N* Mean ± SD N* MZ/DZ Mean ± SD
Age, years 808 62.8, 5.9 2718 822/1896 47.4, 12.6
Post-menopausal, % 758 100 2401 620/1781 47.6
Adiponectin, μg/ml 800 20.35, 12.56 1834 288/1546 8.21, 4.0
Leptin ng/ml 798 20.75, 16.54 2718 822/1896 16.6, 12.0
BMI, kg/m2 808 26.8, 4.7 2702 820/1882 24.8, 4.4
Weight, kg 808 69.2, 12.7 2703 820/1883 65.4, 11.8
Waist, cm 807 80.4, 10.1 2653 797/1856 78.4, 10.2
Total fat, g 773 29523, 9932 2664 786/1878 23463, 8804
Total fat, % 773 42.5, 7.6 2625 765/1860 35.6, 8.0
Central fat, g 785 2093, 967 2643 781/1862 1333, 727
Central fat, % 785 35.8, 10.6 2643 781/1862 31.2, 11.5
*

Number of subjects with phenotype data on at least one variable and genotype data on at least one tSNP. MZ monozygous twins; DZ Dizygous twins.