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Table 1 General characteristics of the subjects

From: An epigenome-wide study of obesity in African American youth and young adults: novel findings, replication in neutrophils, and relationship with gene expression

General characteristics

EpiGO

LACHY

BP stress cohort

Lean

Obese

N

92

96

284

228

Female (%)

50.0

51.0

50.0

57.5

Age (years)

17.7 ± 1.7

17.7 ± 1.8

16.2 ± 1.3

27.8 ± 3.3

Age range (years)

14.0–20.9

14.1–21.0

13.8–19.0

18.9–35.6

BMI (kg/m2)

18.8 ± 1.3

39.8 ± 6.8

24.1 ± 5.6

31.4 ± 8.6

BMI range (kg/m2)

15.0–21.7

28.1–70.1

16.4–45.9

17.6–59.6

BMI percentile (%)

18.7 ± 11.0

98.8 ± 1.1

65.7 ± 28.3

BMI percentile range (%)

0.8–41.7

95.0–99.9

2.3–99.7