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Characteristics of the adult population of the Amsterdam Growth and Health Longitudinal Study |
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| Men |
Women |
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| WT |
VC |
WT |
VC |
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| Mean ± SD |
Mean ± SD |
Mean ± SD |
Mean ± SD |
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| Birth weight (kg) |
3.64 ± 0.47 |
3.40 ± 0.39 |
3.44 ± 0.53 |
3.41 ± 0.52 |
| Height (m) |
1.84 ± 0.08 |
1.83 ± 0.07 |
1.71 ± 0.06 |
1.72 ± 0.06 |
| Weight (kg) |
84.1 ± 10.8 |
85.2 ± 10.8 |
67.5 ± 9.3 |
69.2 ± 11.8 |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) |
23.5 ± 2.6 |
24.5 ± 2.4 |
22.4 ± 2.9 |
22.8 ± 3.8 |
| Fat-mass (kg) |
13.7 ± 5.0 |
15.3 ± 5.6 |
17.7 ± 5.3 |
18.4 ± 6.4 |
| Fat-free mass (kg) |
66.1 ± 6.6 |
66.3 ± 5.7 |
47.3 ± 4.5 |
48.7 ± 5.9 |
| Waist circumference (cm) |
85.3 ± 7.5 |
85.9 ± 8.8 |
73.3 ± 8.9 |
73.4 ± 8.0 |
| Waist-to-hip ratio |
0.95 ± 0.04 |
0.96 ± 0.05 |
0.83 ± 0.08 |
0.82 ± 0.08 |
| Systolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
121.0 ± 8.9 |
122.7 ± 14.4 |
110.7 ± 10.6 |
111.8 ± 12.0 |
| Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) |
66.4 ± 6.4 |
67.2 ± 8.6 |
63.1 ± 7.2 |
61.6 ± 6.9 |
| LDL concentration (mmol/l) |
3.22 ± 0.80 |
3.52 ± 0.87 |
2.80 ± 0.81 |
2.97 ± 0.70 |
| Carotid intima-media thickness (mm) |
0.628 ± 0.099 |
0.636 ± 0.095 |
0.616 ± 0.086 |
0.631 ± 0.101 |
| Resting heart rate (b/min) |
73 ± 12 |
69 ± 11 |
72 ± 12 |
70 ± 12 |
| Glycated hemoglobin (%) |
5.3 ± 0.5 |
5.3 ± 0.3 |
5.3 ± 0.4 |
5.3 ± 0.3 |
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Data is presented as means ± standard deviations (SD), †WT, Wild type; VC, Variant carrier LDL – low lipoprotein | ||||
te Velde et al. BMC Endocrine Disorders 2005 5:5 doi:10.1186/1472-6823-5-5 |
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