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Table 6 Metabolic and clinical characteristics in the obese 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

136

40

 

Age (years)

40.2 ± 11.1

38.0 ± 10.4

0.267

Gender (male %)

72.8 %

75.0 %

0.782

BMI (kg/m2)

30.1 ± 3.2

30.1 ± 3.1

0.974

Triglyceride (mg/dl)

151.7 ± 102.5

155.3 ± 120.0

0.853

Waist (cm)

93.7 ± 9.2

93.7 ± 9.4

0.975

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

135.3 ± 17.9

134.8 ± 16.7

0.866

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

86.9 ± 12.7

89.2 ± 11.9

0.322

Fasting glucose (mg/dl)

91.1 ± 23.6

93.8 ± 30.6

0.557

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

187.6 ± 30.8

198.1 ± 38.1

0.077

  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