expected, females had significantly greater BMI than males with African-American females having greater BMI than European-American females and African-American males having greater BMI than European-American males (p <0.0001). Phenotypic findings in the MGS-C sample are consistent with cross-sectional data from the National Center for Health Statistics and National Health and Nutrition Examination Study (Wang et al. 2008), finding obesity more prevalent in women and African-Americans. Additional sample characteristics have been previously reported (Sanders et al. 2010).
