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. 2018 Dec 19;7(2):e18. doi: 10.2196/ijmr.9625

Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of cases and healthy controls.

Characteristics Cases (n=306) Controls (n=1162) P value
Female, n (%) 284 (92.81) 955 (82.18) <.001
Age (years)

At the time of study 49.0 33.0 <.001

At the time of diagnosis 44.0 N/Aa N/A
Caucasian, n (%) 266 (86.93) 944 (81.23) .02
Weight (kg), median 76.0 72.6 .01
Body mass index, median 28.5 25.8 <.001
First-degree relatives, n (total=average #/participant) 1596 (5.2) 4484 (3.8) N/A
Siblings, n 560 1417 N/A
Children, n 519 874 N/A

aN/A: not applicable.