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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacogenomics J. 2010 Dec 14;11(3):162–173. doi: 10.1038/tpj.2010.86

TABLE 1.

Vanderbilt University Biobank (BioVU) - Participant Characteristics

Characteristic Men Women Total
N 29946 (41.98) 41390 (58.02) 71336 (100)
Deceased 1519 (5.07) 1137 (2.75) 2656 (3.72)
Mean age (yrs) 54.3 50.58 52.14
BMI class (kg/m2)
Healthy (<25) 3345 (18.46) 8020 (27.28) 11365 (23.92)
Overweight (25–29) 6385 (35.24) 7958 (27.07) 14343 (30.18)
Obese (30+) 8390 (46.30) 13421 (45.65) 21811 (45.90)
Class 1 (30–34) 4577 5621 10198
Class 2 (35–39) 2069 3413 5482
Class 3 (40+) 1744 4387 6131
Metabolic Trait Men Women Total
Impaired fasting glucose
(≥100 mg/dl)		 6580/11034 6892/14995 13472/26029
Elevated triglycerides
(≥150 mg/dl)		 6514/11515 6917/16000 13431/27515
Subthreshold HDL
(<40 mg/dl in men or
<50mg/dl in women)		 2854/10742 3552/15043 6406/25785