Table 1. Participant characteristics (Primary Study).

Participant characteristics	All cases	All Controls	Male cases	Female cases	Male controls	Female controls
Sample size (N)	19	19	9	10	9	10
Age (years)	49±5	49±5	48±3	50±6	47±5	51±5
BMI	32.4±5.6	26.6±4.5	32.9±4.9	31.9±6.4	25±2.6	28±5.5
Waist (cm)	107±13	90±9	112±14	103±12	89±6	90±11
Hip (cm)	113±11	104±8	113±10	113±12	100±4	106±10
HDL (mmol/l)	1.03±0.26	1.54±0.25	0.85±0.13	1.19±0.25	1.36±0.21	1.68±0.18
TG (mmol/l)	2.3±1.6	1.1±0.3	2.6±1.8	1.9±1.3	0.9±0.2	1.2±0.3
Glucose (mmol/l)	5.6±0.5	5.1±0.3	5.7±0.5	5.6±0.5	5.2±0.4	5±0.3

Values are means ± standard deviation for each quantitative trait.