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. 2021 Mar 23;29(4):662–671. doi: 10.1002/oby.23120

TABLE 2.

Participant characteristics including demographics, anthropometric measurements, and comorbidities in all the cohorts and per obesity phenotype (showing the demographics in abnormal phenotype compared with normal phenotype)

All cohort Phenotype
Hungry brain Hungry gut Emotional hunger Slow burn None ANOVA P
Demographics
Prevalence, n (%) 450 (100%) 143/450 (32%) 144/450 (32%) 96/450 (21%) 82/400 (21%) 68/450 (15%)
Age, y 39 ± 0.5 37 ± 0.9 39 ± 0.9 37 ± 1.2 39 ± 1.2 40 ± 1.3 0.19
Gender (F), % 72 78 67 75 57 83 0.009 #
Race (White), % 93 96 89 96 95 100 0.01 #
Weight, kg 107 ± 1.0 108 ± 1.7 106 ± 1.7 111 ± 2.2 115 ± 3.2 106 ± 2.4 0.09
Height, cm 169 ± 0.4 170 ± 0.8 169 ± 0.8 169 ± 0.9 171 ± 1.1 168 ± 1.0 0.16
BMI, kg/m2 37 ± 0.3 37 ± 0.5 36 ± 0.5 39 ± 0.7 39 ± 0.8 38 ± 0.8 0.07
Waist, cm 105 ± 0.1 106 ± 1.3 107 ± 1.1 108 ± 2.0 104 ± 2.3 105 ± 1.1 0.82
Hip, cm 120 ± 0.1 121 ± 1.1 121 ± 1.0 122 ± 1.9 117 ± 1.4 120 ± 1.3 0.80
Pulse, beats/min 74 ± 0.6 74 ± 1.0 73 ± 0.9 74 ± 1.3 75 ± 1.5 77 ± 2.0 0.25
SBP, mmHg 131 ± 0.7 132 ± 1.3 133 ± 1.3 130 ± 1.4 131 ± 2.0 131 ± 2.1 0.15
DBP, mmHg 82 ± 0.6 80 ± 0.9 81 ± 1.0 79 ± 1.1 81 ± 1.4 83 ± 1.4 0.45
Fasting glucose, mg/dL 103 ± 1.4 101 ± 2.8 103 ± 1.5 98 ± 1.8 97 ± 2.2 102 ± 1.9 0.55
Comorbidities ^ 1.1 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.1 1.0 ± 0.2 1.3 ± 0.3 1.3 ± 0.1 0.9 ± 0.4 0.19
Phenotyping tests
Ad libitum buffet meal, kcal 929 ± 16 1,224 ± 25 996 ± 26 990 ± 34 918 ± 35 700 ± 21 < 0.001
Gastric emptying T½, min 110 ± 1.4 107 ± 2.2 83 ± 1.4 111 ± 2.7 117 ± 3.3 133 ± 3.4 < 0.001
HADS‐Anxiety (0‐21 scale) 4 ± 0.1 4 ± 0.3 3.7 ± 0.2 8.1 ± 0.2 3.9 ± 0.1 2.4 ± 0.2 < 0.001
Predicted REE (HB), % 100 ± 0.6 102 ± 1.4 100 ± 1.4 103 ± 1.1 89 ± 0.6 106 ± 0.8 < 0.001

Bold numbering represents the phenotype matched with its respective phenotype test. Data shown as mean ± SEM.

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Pearson test.

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Obesity‐related comorbidities: type 2 diabetes, gastroesophageal reflux disease, high blood pressure, hyperlipidemia, obstructive sleep apnea, degenerative joint disease, asthma, other).

HADS‐A, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Score‐Anxiety; REE, resting energy expenditure; HB, Harris‐Benedict equation.