Table 1 The association between the alleles of Taq1A and obesity in children and adolescents
Sample | Age | N | BMI A1/A1 | BMI A1/A2 | BMI A2/A2 | % A1/A1 | % A1/A2 | % A2/A2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Stice et al.19a | Adolescent girls | 15.7 Years | 27 | 22.0 NS | 24.9 | ||||
Ergun et al.20 | Control BMI Obese BMI (above 95th percentile) | Children age NA | 49 45 | BMI (no detail) NS | 4.4% 6.2% | 93.3% 93.8% NS | 2.3% 0% | ||
Epstein et al.69 | Children >85th percentile | 10.3 Years | 26 | NA | 38.5% | 61.5% | |||
Stice et al.21a | Adolescent girls | 15.6 Years | 32 | 23.3 NS | 24.8 | ||||
Duran-Gonzalez et al.25 | Mexican Americans <85th – nonobese >95th percentile weight – obese | 16 Years | 181 106 | NA | 34% 42% NS | 66% 58% | |||
Araz et al.26 | Obese BMI >30 Nonobese children | 11.2 Years | 100 100 | NA | 4.0% 7.0% | 31.0% 26.0% NS | 65.0% 67.0% | ||
Roth et al.22 | Obese children | 12 Years | 451 | 26.5 | 27.2 NS | 27.5 | 2.6% | 27.6% | 69.8% |
Aksyonova et al.27 | Normal weight Obese BMI >30 | 4–17 Years 4–17 Years | 164 70 | NA | 7.3% 8.6% | 27.4% 24.3% | 65.2% 67.1% | ||
Hardman et al.23 | Representative samples of population | 11 Years | 3720 | 18.9 | 19.0 NS | 19.0 | 4.0% | 31.6% | 64.4% |
Yokum et al.24 | Adolescent girls | 15.2 Years 15.3 Years | 17 162 | Average BMI 26.9 Average BMI 20.8 No details but BMI did not differ depending on allele | |||||
