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Table 1 Basic characteristics of participants in the study, specified by generations (n = 1,145)

From: Heritability and major gene effects on left ventricular mass in the Chinese population: a family study

 

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

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

LV mass (gm)

117.02

39.99

1.00

1.06

111.10

38.26

0.91

0.87

150.08

48.65

0.62

0.21

LV mass index (gm/m2.7)

31.93

9.41

1.02

1.88

30.39

8.80

0.87

1.49

41.16

11.59

0.47

-0.11

Smoking

1 (0.3%)

35 (10.5%)

159 (35.8%)

Alcohol drinking

1 (0.3%)

25 (7.5%)

173 (39.0%)

  1. Abbreviated: BMI: body mass index, SBP: systolic blood pressure, DBP: diastolic blood pressure, LV: left ventricular
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