Obesity polymorphisms identified in genome-wide association studies interact with n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and modify the genetic association with adiposity phenotypes in Yup’ik people

Table 1 Descriptive statistics of adiposity phenotypes

Variables	Women	Men	p values
No. of participants	563	510
Age (years)	38.5 ± 1.6	36.6 ± 0.6	0.0740
BMI (kg/m²)	28.7 ± 5.6	26.3 ± 5.6	<0.0001
Percentage body fat (%)	42.8 ± 1.4	27.8 ± 1.1	<0.0001
Waist circumference (cm)	88.1 ± 21.6	87.5 ± 21.5	0.5039
Hip circumference (cm)	105.4 ± 43.0	98.7 ± 43.0	<0.0001
Thigh circumference (cm)	51.1 ± 21.4	50.3 ± 21.3	0.0110

Values are reported as mean (±SE) predicted from linear model accounting for familial correlations. p values for differences by gender are derived using student t test

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