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Table 1 Basic demographic and atherosclerotic risk profiles in this family study, specified by generations (n = 1,145)

From: Segregation analysis of apolipoprotein A1 levels in families of adolescents: A community-based study in Taiwan

 

Probands (N = 368)

Siblings (N = 333)

Parents (N = 444)

 

Mean

SD

Skewness

Kurtosis

Mean

SD

Skewness

Kurtosis

Mean

SD

Skewness

Kurtosis

Age (years) ***

16.45

0.97

0.33

0.34

17.83

3.43

0.59

1.05

43.65

5.74

1.35

4.65

BW (kg) ***

54.07

12.87

1.04

1.48

52.57

11.03

0.93

2.54

62.87

11.93

1.08

6.02

BH (cm)

161.28

8.46

-0.06

0.03

161.27

8.95

-0.01

1.06

160.90

7.68

0.07

-0.31

BMI (kg/m2) ***

20.63

3.87

1.13

1.24

20.08

3.13

1.31

4.26

24.23

3.91

1.03

4.40

SBP (mmHg) ***

108.86

13.02

0.34

-0.34

111.65

12.90

0.36

0.27

119.13

15.12

0.82

1.28

DBP (mmHg) ***

67.79

9.33

-0.05

-0.75

70.66

10.36

0.18

0.51

78.48

11.46

0.70

0.68

TC (mg/dL) ***

168.98

36.43

1.78

11.91

164.94

33.17

0.74

0.70

195.85

35.76

0.29

0.54

TG (mg/dL) ***

85.49

40.14

1.92

7.98

88.86

43.67

2.96

18.43

156.24

134.29

2.66

8.26

HDL-C (mg/dL) *

43.49

10.44

0.50

0.23

44.21

9.55

0.46

0.07

42.26

11.02

0.72

0.77

LDL-C (mg/dL) ***

79.67

32.08

0.61

0.33

86.24

35.61

1.35

4.74

122.13

36.22

0.26

0.61

Apo A1 (mg/dL) ***

108.84

18.19

1.17

4.69

116.49

21.59

1.23

2.81

122.85

23.07

1.06

6.53

Apo B (mg/dL) ***

46.76

13.39

0.35

1.80

49.70

13.87

0.14

0.46

64.53

18.85

1.64

5.32

Smoking ***

1 (0.3%)

35 (10.5%)

159 (35.8%)

Alcohol drinking ***

1 (0.3%)

25 (7.5%)

173 (39.0%)

  1. *: p < 0.05, ** p < 0.01, *** p < 0.001 among group difference by ANOVA (for continuous variables) or chi-square test (for categorical variables). Abbreviated: BMI: body mass index, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, BH: body height, BW: body weight, TC: total cholesterol, TG: triglyceride, HDL-C: high density lipoprotein cholesterol; LDL-C: low density lipoprotein cholesterol, Apo: apolipoprotein.