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Table 1 Study population characteristics by gallstone disease status stratified by race/ethnicity

From: Lipid trait-associated genetic variation is associated with gallstone disease in the diverse Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)

 

Non-hispanic whites

Non-hispanic blacks

Mexican Americans

n = 2,408

n = 1,719

n = 1,708

Cases

Controls

P-value

Cases

Controls

P-value

Cases

Controls

P-value

n

446

1,962

-

179

1,540

-

227

1,478

-

% Female

71.13%

58.10%

5.24E-07

76.54%

56.17%

3.66E-07

73.29%

45.81%

5.55E-16

Age in years

61.74

51.91

6.49E-23

49.67

40.02

1.11E-16

53.80

39.27

2.59E-33

(16.45)

(20.61)

(16.71)

(16.48)

(15.16)

(16.95)

BMI

28.51

26.24

5.13E-14

30.77

27.96

2..32E-07

30.27

27.22

3.33E-16

(kg/m 2 )

(6.1)

(5.35)

6.67)

(6.61)

(5.86)

(5.2)

  1. Abbreviations: BMI body mass index.
  2. Means (and standard deviations) are given unless otherwise noted. P-values were calculated based on the Wald test using unweighted survey data.