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Table 1 Non-parametric linkage analysis of phenotypes of the 200 Italian families by Merlin software

From: Overweight condition and waist circumference and a candidate gene within the 12q24 locus

Phenotype

Prevalence

Families

Lod score

P-value

Empirical P-value

Overweight

85.20%

112

1.22

0.009

0.004

Obesity

47.50%

42

0.62

0.050

0.053

  1. Prevalence = phenotype prevalence among the family subjects studied; Families = families number analyzed; Lod score = derived from the non-parametric linkage analysis by Merlin; Empirical P-value = derived from 1000 replicates by using the gene dropping method; Overweight = presence of BMI ≥25; Obesity = presence of BMI ≥30.
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Cardiovascular Diabetology

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