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Table 4 Analysis of variance (ANOVA) across genotypes for the two polymorphisms PstI and PvuII of the MC5R gene in the Québec Family Study

From: Linkage and Association Studies between the Melanocortin Receptors 4 and 5 Genes and Obesity-Related Phenotypes in the Québec Family Study

  

MC5R RFLP Genotypes

 
  

PstI 5.1/PstI 5.1

PstI 5.1/PstI 3.8

PstI 3.8/PstI 3.8

 

Variables

Sex

N

Mean

SE

N

Mean

SE

N

Mean

SE

ANOVA

BMI

Males

105

28.1

0.5

19

29.0

1.1

p = 0.71

(kg/m2)

Females

130

26.5

0.5

10

32.2

1.9

p = 0.003*

SF6 (mm)

Males

105

99.8

3.8

19

106.8

9.0

p = 0.74

 

Females

128

140.5

4.9

9

179.1

18.5

p = 0.03

  

PvuII 5.5/PvuII 5.5

PvuII 5.5/PvuII 5.1

PvuII 5.1/PvuII 5.1

 

%FAT

Males

106

27.8

0.7

22

24.3

1.4

1

26.9

p = 0.04

 

Females

92

37.2

0.8

22

37.6

1.6

p = 0.79

Glucose

Males

106

5.5

0.1

29

5.7

0.3

1

5.7

p = 0.98

(mmol/L)

Females

120

5.0

0.2

28

5.9

0.3

p = 0.03

  1. Only variables showing significant results at p ≤ 0.05 (in bold) are reported. Result significant after the Bonferroni correction for multiple tests is indicated with an asterisk.
  2. *p = 0.03.