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Table 1 GENNID genetic and phenotypic characteristics by ethnic group (mean ± SD)

From: Genome-wide association analysis of metabolic syndrome quantitative traits in the GENNID multiethnic family study

Characteristics

AA: African Americans

EA: European Americans

JA: Japanese Americans

MA: Mexican Americans

# Subjects (# families)

281 (73 families)

516 (75 families)

125 (15 families)

598 (96 families)

Median (min, max)

# Subjects per family

4 (1, 7)

6 (1, 29)

7 (3, 17)

4 (1, 112)

# QCa variants

710,226

686,200

437,730

731,016

# Variants genotyped and imputed (association analysis)

13,042,663

7,681,619

5,455,666

7,907,815

Age (years)

52.4 ± 15.1

51.2 ± 16.8

56.1 ± 15.8

52.1 ± 15.8

Sex (% male)

31.3%

43.8%

52%

36.0%

Self-reported diabetes status (% diabetes)

51.2%

37.2%

27.20%

47.7%

Systolic blood pressure (SBP) (mmHg)

128.5 ± 19.8

127.2 ± 19.1

121.8 ± 18.1

126.2 ± 19.3

Diastolic blood pressure (DBP) (mmHg)

79.4 ± 10.8

78 ± 10.2

72.3 ± 11.5

74.6 ± 10.6

High density lipoproteins (HDL) (mg/dL)

47.5 ± 12.3

40.5 ± 11.2

45.6 ± 14.2

39.4 ± 10.2

Triglycerides (TG), fasting (mg/dL)

105.5 ± 110.3

143.8 ± 123.8

135.4 ± 104.5

160.9 ± 121.7

Glucose, fasting (mg/dL)

146.8 ± 75.3

128.3 ± 56.7

115 ± 29.6

152.2 ± 76.9

Insulin, fasting (mg/dL)

16.2 ± 21

11.5 ± 10.9

7.3 ± 6.3

17 ± 16.8

Weight (kg)

86.8 ± 21.1

84.1 ± 20.4

65.7 ± 13.4

79 ± 17.7

Waist circumference (cm)

98.5 ± 16

99.5 ± 16

88.7 ± 11.2

102.4 ± 14.3

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. aQC: quality control includes alignment to Haplotype Reference Consortium (HRC) panel (EA) or 1000 Genomes (1000G) panel (AA, MA, JA)