Table 1.

Characteristics of the study population across the cholesterol ester transfer protein gene polymorphisms: the CASPIAN-III study

	Taq1B			A373P
	CC	CT+TT	P-value	CC	CG+GG	P-value
N (%)	278 (37)	472 (62.93)		652 (86.93)	98 (13)
Boy, %	51.8	51.7	0.97	52.1	49	0.56
Girl, %	48.2	48.3		47.9	51
Age	14.74±2.62	14.58±2.56	0.44	14.63±2.59	14.70±2.57	0.81
Weight (kg)	47.17±15.45	44.98±13.95	0.06	45.60±14.38	46.95±15.61	0.39
WC (cm)	68.97±12.68	66.63±10.44	0.01	67.47±11.14	67.67±12.81	0.87
FBS (mg/dl)	84.61±14.90	87.61±12.28	0.006	86.66±12.88	85.45±16.27	0.40
SBP (mmHg)	104.02±14.51	102.14±12.65	0.08	102.63±13.13	104.9±14.86	0.33
DBP (mmHg)	66.33±11.07	65.84±10.35	0.56	65.91±10.20	66.74±12.98	0.55
TC (mg/dl)	143.65±35.90	150.31±33.39	0.01	148.89±34.33	141.19±34.67	0.04
LDL-C (mg/dl)	88.41±34.17	78.79±30.97	<0.001	81.38±32.34	88.49±32.94	0.03
HDL-C (mg/dl)	36.03±17.19	57.19±20.52	<0.001	51.79±22.03	33.1±11.47	<0.001
TG (mg/dl)	98.81±47.80	89.69±40.05	0.009	92.49±40.18	96.51±59.88	0.04
Physical activity (%)
Mild	44.4	30.2	0.001	34	44.7	0.04
Moderate	30.9	34.7		33	35.3
Vigorous	24.7	35.1		33	20
BMI (kg/m2)	19.43±4.28	18.96±3.94	0.14	19.16±4.11	18.92±3.81	0.59
BMI (%)
Underweight	19	20.8	0.22	19.7	22.9	0.39
Normal	61.9	65		63.6	65.6
Overweight+ obese	19	14.2		16.6	11.5
Birth weight (%)
BW<2500 g	15.2	13.1	0.65	13.4	17.0	0.17
BW=2500-4000 g	75.9	78.9		78.8	70.5
BW>4000 g	8.9	8.0		7.8	12.5
Dyslipidemia	70.4	26.6	<0.001	38.2	71.9	<0.001

WC=waist circumference, FBS=fasting blood sugar, DBP=diastolic blood pressure, SBP=systolic blood pressure, LDL-C=low-density lipoprotein, HDL-C=high-density lipoprotein, TG=triglyceride, BMI=body mass index, BW=birth weight