Table 1 Adiposity traits of 2935 QBB individuals sequenced as part of the QGP pilot phase.

From: Ethnic-specific association of amylase gene copy number with adiposity traits in a large Middle Eastern biobank

 

All

Females

Males

P

N

2935

1471

1464

—

Age (years)

39.11 ± 12.03

39.50 ± 12.62

38.72 ± 11.42

>0.05

[29.00–48.00]

[29.00–49.00]

[30.00–46.00]

BMI (kg/m2)

28.86 ± 5.71

29.33 ± 6.28

28.36 ± 5.00

5.08 × 10−5

[24.90–32.40]

[24.90–33.40]

[24.90–31.30]

Total fat (%)

32.69 ± 9.72

39.15 ± 7.56

25.96 ± 6.68

1.54 × 10−295

[25.70–40.20]

[34.8–44.5]

[22.00–30.33]

Trunk fat (%)

32.82 ± 9.07

36.70 ± 8.93

28.77 ± 7.27

3.71 × 10−138

[27.50–38.90]

[31.90–43.00]

[24.67–33.70]

  1. Reported here are means, standard deviations, 1st–3rd interquartile ranges (in brackets), and statistical differences between sex groups (Wilcoxon’s test p-values are reported).
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