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Table 7 Metabolic and clinical characteristics in the overweight 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

244

47

 

Age (years)

41.2 ± 10.5

40.1 ± 12.7

0.532

Gender (male %)

69.3 %

74.5 %

0.475

BMI (kg/m2)

25.3 ± 0.9

25.3 ± 0.8

0.980

Triglyceride (mg/dl)

130.4 ± 85.3

139.0 ± 90.9

0.532

Waist (cm)

84.3 ± 6.0

85.0 ± 4.7

0.488

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

128.4 ± 12.4

129.5 ± 13.5

0.573

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

83.1 ± 10.4

84.0 ± 9.2

0.554

Fasting glucose (mg/dl)

89.7 ± 24.1

87.8 ± 14.2

0.604

Total cholesterol (mg/dl)

193.1 ± 32.6

190.1 ± 29.7

0.562

  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