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Table 1 Age and sex of Framingham Heart Study participants for GAW16 by cohort and exam

From: Genetics Analysis Workshop 16 Problem 2: the Framingham Heart Study data

Variable

Original Cohort

Offspring Cohort

Generation 3 Cohort

Recruited sample size

5209

5124

4095

Number with 550 k genotype data

1529

3753

3893

Sample size for GAW16

373

2760

3997

Sample size for GAW16 with genotypes

357

2584

3811

Ages (Mean ± SD)

   

   Exam 1

34.9 ± 3.9

33.7 ± 9.3

40.2 ± 8.8

   Exam 4 (Original), Exam 3 (Offspring)

40.9 ± 3.9

46.3 ± 9.3

NA

   Exam 7 (Original), Exam 5 (Offspring)

47.0 ± 3.9

53.3 ± 9.2

NA

   Exam 11 (Original), Exam 7 (Offspring)

54.7 ± 3.8

60.2 ± 9.1

NA

% Female, Exam 1

69.2%

54.4%

53.3%