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Published in final edited form as: Int J Obes (Lond). 2008 Mar 4;32(6):930–935. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2008.23

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of cases and controls in linked families and the unrelated sample

	Linked families				Unrelated
	Cases		Controls		Cases		Controls
	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male	Female	Male
Obesity (N)	164	120	239	142	99	73	159	149
BMI (kg/m²)	36.3±5.3	34.2±4.1	22.1±1.9	22.9±1.6	36.4±6.0	34.3±4.0	21.5±1.8	22.9±1.7
Leptin (ng/ml)	41.3±22.0	15.5±9.9	11.8±5.8	3.7±1.8	39.1±19.5	14.5±8.5	10.3±4.6	4.2±2.3
Age (years)	53.5±13.4	51.1±13.0	50.6±14.0	50.2±15.2	50.9±12.1	52.4±11.2	51.0±12.6	51.5±14.7
% Hypertensive	35.98	40.0	16.74	22.54	42.42	38.36	10.06	20.13
% High cholesterol	29.27	33.33	26.78	24.65	47.47	27.40	27.67	22.82

Abbreviation: BMI, body mass index.