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. 2011 Mar 22;60(4):1329–1339. doi: 10.2337/db10-1011

TABLE 1.

Characteristics of the participants included in genome-wide association analyses (with both nonmissing genotype and phenotype data)

Sample characteristic ADVANCE control (up to 311) ADVANCE cases (up to 275) ARIC (up to 8,127) CHS (up to 3,262) FHS (up to 2,432) GeneSTAR (up to 1,789) GENOA (up to 1,208) NFBC (up to 4,757)
% Females 59 59 53 61 55 52 55 52
% Diabetic* 2.5 27 8 12 5 9 10 1
% Smoking 32.8 63.3 25 11 29 23 14 30
Age (years)
 Men 40 ± 3 42 ± 4 55 ± 6 73 ± 6 50 ± 13 47 ± 13 56 ± 11 31 ± 1
 Women 48 ± 5 52 ± 4 54 ± 6 72 ± 5 51 ± 13 47 ± 13 55 ± 11 31 ± 1
BMI (kg/m2)
 Men 27 ± 5 31 ± 6 27 ± 4 26 ± 4 28 ± 4 29 ± 5 30 ± 5 25 ± 4
 Women 26 ± 6 31 ± 8 27 ± 6 26 ± 5 27 ± 6 29 ± 7 31 ± 7 24 ± 5
Waist circumference (cm)
 Men 93 ± 12 102 ± 14 100 ± 10 98 ± 10 100 ± 12 101 ± 14 104 ± 12 89 ± 10
 Women 79 ± 13 94 ± 19 93 ± 15 90 ± 14 94 ± 16 94 ± 17 96 ± 17 79 ± 12
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL)
 Men 44 ± 11 40 ± 10 43 ± 12 48 ± 13 43 ± 11 45 ± 13 45 ± 13 55 ± 13
 Women 62 ± 14 51 ± 16 57 ± 17 60 ± 16 56 ± 15 57 ± 15 57 ± 17 66 ± 15
Triglycerides (mg/dL)
 Men 151 ± 224 184 ± 165 147 ± 100 138 ± 78 163 ± 113 160 ± 97 194 ± 107 119 ± 75
 Women 97 ± 69 162 ± 145 128 ± 81 141 ± 74 138 ± 87 133 ± 79 188 ± 102 94 ± 52
Fasting glucose (mg/dL)
 Men 86 ± 11 104 ± 43 107 ± 27 111 ± 31 102 ± 29 99 ± 27 103 ± 32 93 ± 11
 Women 88 ± 11 95 ± 18 102 ± 28 105 ± 27 95 ± 22 92 ± 21 96 ± 27 88 ± 11
SBP (mmHg)
 Men 117 ± 11 114 ± 12 120 ± 16 135 ± 21 119 ± 15 126 ± 16 134 ± 17 130 ± 13
 Women 109 ± 13 118 ± 20 117 ± 18 135 ± 21 114 ± 18 121 ± 17 132 ± 17 120 ± 12
DBP (mmHg)
 Men 78 ± 10 73 ± 10 74 ± 10 72 ± 11 72 ± 9 80 ± 11 81 ± 10 80 ± 11
 Women 70 ± 9 70 ± 10 70 ± 10 69 ± 11 67 ± 10 76 ± 10 77 ± 9 75 ± 11
% Antihyperlipidemic meds. use 4 81 3 4 10 15 17 0
% Antihypertensive meds. use 7 84 20 35 3 22 65 0.6
% Antiglycemic meds. use 1.3 24 3.2 5 0.2 4.3 6.9 0.6
MetS prevalence (%) 13.7 55.2 37.3 41.7 29.7 34.3 55.4 9.1

Values are means ± SD for each quantitative variable and where available split by male/female grouping. Meds., medication.

*Definition of type 2 diabetes: fasting blood glucose >126 mg/dL or antiglycemic medication use.

†Smoking: current smoking.

‡Antiglycemic meds. use: oral hypoglycemic agents or insulin.