Table 1 Characteristics of BT and AT siblings from the AMDTSS and KHTS*.
From: Twin birth changes DNA methylation of subsequent siblings
AMDTSS | KHTS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
BT siblings | AT siblings | P-value† | BT siblings | AT siblings | P-value† | |
N | 112 | 103 | 27 | 15 | ||
Age, mean ± SD | 59.9 ± 7.3 | 52.9 ± 7.1 | < 0.01 | 46.2 ± 6.1 | 42.5 ± 5.0 | 0.05 |
Sex, N (%) | — | 0.96 | ||||
Females | 112 (100.0) | 103 (100.0) | 16 (59.3) | 9 (60.0) | ||
Males | 0 | 0 | 11 (40.7) | 6 (40.0) | ||
BMI, mean ± SD | 27.5 ± 5.8 | 26.6 ± 6.0 | 0.26 | 24.8 ± 3.0 | 22.8 ± 3.4 | 0.06 |
Smoking, N (%) | 0.91 | 0.73 | ||||
Never | 65 (58.0) | 58 (56.3) | 17 (63.0) | 11 (73.3) | ||
Ever | 47 (42.0) | 45 (43.7) | 10 (37.0) | 4 (26.7) | ||
Alcohol, N (%) | 0.83 | 1.00 | ||||
Never | 43 (38.4) | 42 (40.8) | 5 (0.19) | 3 (0.20) | ||
Ever | 69 (61.6) | 61 (59.2) | 22 (0.81) | 12 (0.80) | ||
