Table 1.
Summary information on subjects included in this study.
| Sample | Total | Male | Female | Median age | 1st – 3rd quartiles | Median BMI | 1st – 3rd quartiles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| |||||||
| Swedish | 342 | 98 | 244 | 37 | (33 - 43) | 27.9 | (22.6 - 36.5) |
| TwinsUK | 1,479* | - | 1,479 | 53 | (45 - 60) | 26.0 | (22.8 - 28.4) |
| DESIR | 2,137 | 942 | 1,195 | 52 | (44 - 61) | 24.6 | (22.2 - 26.6) |
| AOB | 563 | 160 | 403 | 35 | (32 - 39) | - | - |
| Cases | 205 | 39 | 166 | 36 | (29 - 41) | 46.2 | (42.5 - 51.3) |
| Controls | 358 | 121 | 237 | 35 | (33 - 38) | 21.6 | (20.3 - 22.4) |
| SP2 | 658 | 237 | 421 | 46 | (37 - 52) | - | - |
| Cases** | 333 | 139 | 194 | 47 | (40 - 54) | 27.1 | (25.9 - 28.9) |
| Controls | 325 | 98 | 227 | 44 | (34 - 51) | 18.4 | (17.5 - 19.1) |
| ABOS | 468 | 122 | 346 | 43 | (33 - 51) | 46.2 | (41.7 - 52.3) |
*
Consisting of 334 dizygotic and 193 monozygotic twin pairs and 425 singletons.
**
Including 136 obese (BMI ≥ 28 kg/m2) and 197 overweight (23 kg/m2 ≤ BMI < 28 kg/m2) Singaporean Chinese subjects.