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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population

From: Association between the rs12255372 variant of the TCF7L2 gene and obesity in a Cameroonian population

Characteristics

Non-obese (n = 30)

Obese (n = 35)

P value

Demographic

 Sex, % of male

33.3 %

8.6 %

0.028

 Age (years)

25.00 (23.00–36.50)

46.00 (39.00–53.00)

<0.0001

Clinical

 WHR ratio

0.81 (0.77–0.84)

0.86 (0.83–0.93)

<0.0001

 SBP (mmHg)

116.00 (106.00–125.00)

125.00 (117.00–141.00)

0.27

 DBP (mmHg)

68.00 (61.75–85.00)

80.00 (75.00–88.00)

0.004

 BMI (kg/m2)

22.39 (21.11–23.93)

32.76 (30.94–35.72)

<0.0001

Biological

 FPG (g/L)

90.00 (83.00–103.25)

96.00 (86.00–103.00)

0.392

 TC (mg/dL)

171.45 (161.46–192.83)

181.94 (172.26–208.31)

0.093

 HDL-C (mg/dL)

46.79 (42.71–50.16)

47.96 (43.70–51.72)

0.247

 LDL-C (mg/dL)

100.05 (92.87–120.24)

106.97 (94.08–135.88)

0.490

 TG (mg/dL)

125.29 (120.50–135.16)

131.80 (120.69–144.83)

0.193

  1. Data are medians (interquartile range) unless otherwise stated
  2. WHR waist-to-hip ratio, SBP systolic blood pressure, DBP diastolic blood pressure, BMI body mass index, FPG fasting plasma glucose, TC total cholesterol, HDL high density lipoprotein cholesterol, LDL low density lipoprotein cholesterol, TG triglycerides