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Table 2 Subject characteristics by disease status

From: Breast cancer risk and imprinting methylation in blood

Characteristic

Controls (n = 363)

Cases (n = 230)

p value

Age (years)

56 (11)

56 (11)

0.499

Height (m)

1.615 (0.07)

1.615 (0.06)

0.974

Weight (kg)

70.91 (14.25)

70.75 (13.50)

0.889

BMI (kg/m2)

27.20 (5.21)

27.14 (4.97)

0.902

  1. Mean values with standard deviations (sd) shown in brackets. p values calculated using a two-sample Student’s t test