Table 2 |
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Clinical characteristics of subjects |
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Exeter Family Study Subjects |
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Fathers |
Mothers |
Children |
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n |
483 |
479 |
434 |
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Male (%) |
- |
- |
51.6 |
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Birth weight for children born >36 weeks gestation (g) |
- |
- |
3500 (3175–3780) |
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Weight at 1 year (g) |
- |
- |
9854 (9146–10730)‡ |
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Age (years) |
33 (29–36) |
31 (27–34) |
- |
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BMI (kg/m2) |
26.2 (24.0–28.7) |
23.1 (21.2–25.4)* |
- |
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Height (cm) |
178.0 (173.5–182.4) |
164.9 (160.7–169.2) |
- |
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Reported birth weight (g) |
3402 (3005–3770) |
3289 (3005–3629) |
- |
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Fasting blood glucose (mmol/l) |
4.7 (4.4–5.0) |
4.3 (4.1–4.6)† |
- |
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Fasting insulin (pmol/l) |
49.0 (37.0–78.1) |
59.2 (43.4–85.0)† |
- |
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Continuous data are given as median (interquartile range). Subjects successfully genotyped for the CSH1.01 microsatellite are included. *Pre-pregnancy BMI. †Measurements taken at 28 weeks gestation. ‡Data on weight at 1 year were available for 366 children. |
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Freathy et al. Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine 2006 5:18 doi:10.1186/1477-5751-5-18 |
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