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. 2011 Jun 21;6(6):e21331. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021331

Table 1. Demographic characteristics of the birth cohort.

CCNL1 (rs900400) ADCY5 (rs9883204)
TT (n = 1258) TC (n = 679) CC (n = 96) P value TT (n = 87) CT (n = 610) CC (n = 1339) P value
Age (years) 28.4 (1.12) 28.4 (1.08) 28.2 (1.06) 0.59 28.3 (1.13) 28.4 (1.12) 28.3 (1.09) 0.49
Gender (% female) 582 (46.26) 360 (53.02) 39 (40.63) 0.86 43 (49.43) 301 (49.34) 644 (48.10) 0.006
Birth Weight (kg) 2.79 (0.47) 2.80 (0.45) 2.80 (0.53) 0.87 2.77 (0.55) 2.80 (0.46) 2.78 (0.46) 0.54
Adult Weight (kg) 53.2 (11.58) 53.3 (11.60) 55.5 (12.18) 0.13 52.4 (11.97) 53.2 (11.44) 53.5 (11.65) 0.80
BMI (kg/m2) 20.6 (3.79) 20.8 (3.81) 21.0 (3.94) 0.42 20.3 (4.16) 20.7 (3.80) 20.7 (3.76) 0.64
Waist circumference (cm) 74 (10.5) 74 (10.6) 76 (10.4) 0.21 73 (9.62) 74 (10.63) 74 (10.48) 0.66
Hip circumference (cm) 88 (8.2) 88 (8.1) 88 (8.5) 0.39 87 (8.98) 88 (8.04) 88(8.15) 0.78
Systolic BP (mm Hg) 107 (12.2) 106 (11.9) 109 (13.6) 0.39 106 (11.9) 107 (11.9) 107 (12.3) 0.44
Diastolic BP (mm Hg) 72 (8.89) 73 (9.05) 73 (8.53) 0.44 71 (8.32) 72 (8.96) 73 (8.82) 0.11
*Body fat % 23.3 (9.63) 24.5 (9.54) 23.0 (9.76) 0.52 23.0 (10.10) 23.7 (9.83) 23.7 (9.51) 0.44
Skin fold thickness: Triceps (mm) 10.3 (6.6,16.5) 11 (7.1,17.5) 10.5 (6.1,15.1) 0.07 8.7 (5.9,17.4) 10.9 (7,17.2) 10.5 (6.8,16.5) 0.22
Skin fold thickness: Biceps (mm) 4.8 (3.3,7.6) 5.3 (3.4,8) 4.4 (3.4,7.3) 0.09 4.5 (3,8.1) 5 (3.5,8) 5 (3.4,7.7) 0.57
Skin fold thickness: Subscapular (mm) 16.7 (10.7,27.3) 17.1 (11.4,28.6) 15.3 (10.1,29.4) 0.26 16.8 (9.8,26.8) 16.9 (11,28.3) 16.9 810.9,28) 0.62
Skin fold thickness: Abdomen (mm) 18.5 (9.6,32.3) 19.9 (11.1,33.5) 22.7 (10, 33.5) 0.15 17.7 (8.4,29.3) 18.8 (10.1,32.6) 19.5 (10.1,33.4) 0.35
Total Cholesterol (mmol/l) 4.0 (0.89) 4.0 (0.83) 4.1 (0.89) 0.55 3.7 (0.76) 4.0 (0.87) 3.9 (0.87) 0.033
Triglycerides (mmol/l) 1.1 (0.70) 1.1 (0.60) 1.1 (0.78) 0.97 1.1 (0.68) 1.0 (0.63) 1.1 (0.69) 0.33
HDL-C (mmol/l) 1.0 (0.24) 1.0 (0.24) 1.1 (0.24) 0.35 1.0 (0.20) 1.0 (0.24) 1.0 (0.24) 0.33
LDL-C (mmol/l) 2.4 (0.74) 2.5 (0.72) 2. 5(0.75) 0.53 2.3 (0.64) 2.5 (0.76) 2.4 (0.72) 0.017

Data represented as Mean (SD) for all traits. Skin fold thickness is presented as median ( Interquartile range).