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. 2012 Jan 11;95(2):506–513. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.111.025270

TABLE 1.

Baseline characteristics of the study participants1

GIPR rs2287019 genotype
CC (n = 504) CT (n = 208) TT (n = 25) P
Age (y) 51 ± 92 51 ± 9 53 ± 10 0.71
Sex [n (%)] 0.13
 F 316 (70.4) 122 (27.2) 11 (2.4)
 M 188 (65.3) 86 (41.4) 14 (4.9)
Race or ethnic group [n (%)] 0.10
 White 392 (66.4) 178 (30.2) 20 (3.4)
 Black 89 (80.2) 19 (17.1) 3 (2.7)
 Hispanic 16 (64.0) 7 (28.0) 2 (8.0)
 Asian or other 7 (63.6) 4 (36.4) 0 (0)
Diet groups [n (%)] 0.62
 Low-fat diets (20% of calories) 252 (67.9) 104 (28.0) 15 (4.1)
 High-fat diets (40% of calories) 252 (68.9) 104 (28.4) 10 (2.7)
Height (m) 1.69 ± 0.09 1.69 ± 0.09 1.71 ± 0.09 0.63
Weight (kg) 93 ± 15 93 ± 16 95 ± 16 0.46
BMI (kg/m2) 32.7 ± 3.9 32.5 ± 3.8 32.3 ± 3.8 0.52
Waist circumference (cm) 104 ± 13 103 ± 13 106 ± 14 0.31
Blood pressure (mm Hg)
 Systolic 120 ± 13 118 ± 13 123 ± 17 0.24
 Diastolic 76 ± 9 75 ± 9 78 ± 11 0.72
Glucose (mg/dL) 92 ± 12 93 ± 16 93 ± 12 0.75
Insulin (μU/mL) 12.2 ± 7.9 12.2 ± 7.3 12.2 ± 8.3 0.86
HOMA-IR 2.8 ± 2.0 2.8 ± 1.8 2.9 ± 2.1 0.81
Total cholesterol (mg/dL) 202 ± 37 201 ± 35 214 ± 47 0.30
LDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 126 ± 33 123 ± 30 138 ± 39 0.48
HDL cholesterol (mg/dL) 49 ± 14 49 ± 15 49 ± 14 0.62
Triglycerides (mg/dL) 140 ± 81 154 ± 97 136 ± 75 0.57
Urinary nitrogen (g) 12.1 ± 4.3 12.6 ± 4.8 12.4 ± 4.6 0.70
Respiratory quotient 0.84 ± 0.04 0.84 ± 0.04 0.84 ± 0.03 0.79
Dietary intake per day3
 Energy (kcal) 1923 ± 559 2021 ± 564 2294 ± 502 0.38
 Carbohydrate (%) 45 ± 8 44 ± 8 43 ± 8 0.19
 Fat (%) 37 ± 6 37 ± 7 39 ± 5 0.35
 Protein (%) 18 ± 3 19 ± 4 17 ± 3 0.13
1

P values were calculated by using the chi-square test for categorical variables and general linear models for continuous variables.

2

Mean ± SD (all such values).

3

Information was collected from a 5-d diet record in a random sample of 50% of the participants.