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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: INSIG-2 promoter polymorphism and obesity related phenotypes: association study in 1428 members of 248 families

Variable

n

min

LQ

median

UQ

max

R2†

Age (yr)

1425*

18.7

35.7

50.9

60.9

90.7

-

BMI (kg/m2)

1402

16.7

23.1

25.4

28.2

51.8

15.2

WHR

1357

0.56

0.78

0.85

0.91

1.22

48.7

Plasma Leptin (ng/μl)

1319

1.1

4.6

8.6

15.3

116.6

46.4

Daytime systolic BP (mmHg)

958

94.2

121.1

131

144.1

214.0

20.4

Daytime diastolic BP (mmHg)

958

54.0

72.0

78.6

88.0

119.9

17.9

  1. * of which 52.4% were female and 36.1% were classified as hypertensive.
  2. † After correction for age, sex, alcohol consumption, smoking behaviour, and exercise habit.
  3. LQ = lower quartile, UQ = upper quartile