Research Article
Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist and Interleukin-4 Genes Variable Number Tandem Repeats Are Associated with Adiposity in Malaysian Subjects
Table 1
Demographic and anthropometric characteristics of the subjects according to gender.
| | Variables | Male () | Female () |
| | Ethnicity | | | | Malay | 11 (8.6) | 12 (6.4) | | Chinese | 104 (81.2) | 147 (78.6) | | Indian | 13 (10.2) | 28 (15.0) | | χ2; | 1.91; 0.38 | | BMI class | | | | Nonobese | 103 (80.5) | 158 (84.5) | | Obese | 25 (19.5) | 29 (15.5) | | χ2; | 0.87; 0.35 | | WC class | | | | Normal | 104 (81.2) | 147 (78.6) | | High | 24 (18.8) | 40 (21.4) | | χ2; p | 0.33; 0.57 | | TBF class | | | Normal | 84 (65.6) | 137 (73.3) | | High | 44 (34.4) | 50 (26.7) | | χ2; p | 2.12; 0.15 |
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Parentheses indicate percentage (%) within the same gender.
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