Effect of the Common Fat Mass and Obesity Associated Gene Variants on Obesity in Pakistani Population: A Case-Control Study
Table 1
General characteristics of the study population.
Parameter
Obese ()
Controls ()
value
Age (years)
40.63 (15.19)
39.78 (11.53)
0.436
Weight (Kg)
91.56 (16.05)
68.63 (10.23)
<0.0001
Height (ft)
5.36 (0.43)
5.4 (0.91)
0.468
BMI (Kg/m2)
34.37 (6.08)
22.67 (5.58)
<0.0001
WC (cm)
98.55 (12.11)
71.95 (8.65)
<0.0001
HC (cm)
105.51 (12.56)
78.23 (8.34)
<0.0001
WHR (WC/HC)
1.00 (0.07)
0.78 (0.01)
<0.0001
TC (mmol/L)
5.53 (0.90)
4.11 (0.79)
<0.0001
TG (mmol/L)
2.54 (0.83)
2.12 (0.05)
<0.0001
HDL-c (mmol/L)
1.11 (0.10)
2.09 (0.44)
<0.0001
LDL-c (mmol/L)
2.99 (0.56)
2.02 (0.34)
<0.0001
VLDL
0.51 (0.16)
0.42 (0.09)
<0.0001
TC/HDL
5.01 (0.97)
1.96 (0.15)
<0.0001
LDL/HDL
2.69 (0.36)
0.97 (0.06)
<0.0001
SBP (mmHg)
129.96 (5.9)
107.49 (1.19)
<0.0001
DBP (mmHg)
87.7 (0.92)
79.76 (0.98)
<0.0001
FBG (mg/dL)
102.95 (3.45)
87.56 (2.85)
<0.0001
Legend: Values for parameters are indicated as mean (SD) while value indicates the significance of difference of the respective parameter between cases and controls.
