TABLE 1.
Mean and percentage1 of age, sex, race, height, and weight, in relation to ODMA-producer and equol-producer phenotypes in 297 adults
| Characteristics | ODMA producers (n=237) |
ODMA non-producers (n=60) |
Equol producers (n=124) |
Equol non-producers (n=173) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||||
| Male | 78 (32.9) | 26 (43.3) | 42 (33.9) | 62 (35.8) | |
| Pre-menopausal female | 101 (42.6) | 17 (28.3) | 54 (43.6) | 64 (37.0) | |
| Post-menopausal female | 58 (24.5) | 17 (28.3) | 28 (22.6) | 47 (27.2) | |
| Race | |||||
| White | 215 (90.7) | 50 (83.3) | 111 (89.5) | 154 (89.0) | |
| Non-white | 22 (9.3) | 10 (16.7) | 13 (10.5) | 19 (11.0) | |
| Height2 | |||||
| Below or at population average | 72 (30.4) | 10 (16.7)* | 30 (24.2) | 52 (30.1) | |
| Above population average | 165 (69.6) | 50 (83.3)* | 94 (75.8) | 121 (69.9) | |
| Weight | |||||
| Below or at population average | 195 (82.3) | 41 (68.3)* | 103 (83.1) | 133 (76.9) | |
| Above population average | 42 (17.7) | 19 (31.7)* | 21 (16.9) | 40 (23.1) |
1
Column percentages
2
Height and weight were divided into two categories. Below or above average height and weight were calculated separately for females (average height=63.8 inches, average weight=166.2 lbs) and males (average height=69.3 inches and average weight=195.5 lbs(22)
*
p<0.05 compared to producers