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Table 4 Association between AMY1A copy number and obesity risk

From: Relationship between salivary/pancreatic amylase and body mass index: a systems biology approach

Study

Obese cases

Controls

OR (95% CI)b

P value

n

AMY1A copiesa

n

AMY1A copiesa

Adults

1179

6.8 ± 2.5

2220

7.0 ± 2.6

0.98 (0.95–1.01)

0.13

Children/Adolescents

785

7.0 ± 2.6

712

7.3 ± 2.7

0.94 (0.90–0.98)

7.1 × 10−3

Combined analysis

–

–

–

–

0.97 (0.94–0.99)

6.8 × 10−3

  1. aData are means ± standard deviation
  2. bOdds ratio per AMY1A copy from a logistic regression adjusted for age and sex
  3. AMY1A salivary amylase gene, CI confidence interval, OR odds ratio
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