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Table 5 Metabolic and clinical characteristics in the normal subjects according to GNB3 genotypes

From: Association of the C825T polymorphism in the GNB3 gene with obesity and metabolic phenotypes in a Taiwanese population

Characteristic

CT + TT

CC

P value

No. of subjects

416

89

 

Age (years)

39.5 ± 11.9

40.3 ± 14.3

0.610

Gender (male %)

51.2 %

49.4 %

0.763

BMI (kg/m2)

21.5 ± 1.8

21.5 ± 1.7

0.887

Triglyceride (mg/dl)

92.7 ± 57.0

109.6 ± 76.9

0.018

Waist (cm)

75.3 ± 7.3

74.8 ± 7.3

0.607

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

122.2 ± 14.3

121.6 ± 14.8

0.714

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

78.4 ± 9.9

77.5 ± 9.9

0.453

Fasting glucose (mg/dl)

86.6 ± 21.1

86.7 ± 21.7

0.963

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

184.8 ± 33.5

195.1 ± 39.6

0.011

  1. Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation
  2. BMI body mass index
  3. P values are obtained by comparing the subjects of the combined CT + TT genotypes with those of the CC genotype