Table 3 Characteristics of the study participants among MC4R genotypes

Demographic variables

 Age (years)

37.23 ± 8.65

35.77 ± 8.03

0.14

0.15^b

 PA (MET-minutes/week)

1238.64 ± 1892.47

1177.10 ± 2371.62

0.82

0.96^b

Anthropometric parameters

 Weight (kg)

81.06 ± 12.32

80.28 ± 12.48

0.60

0.44^a

 Height (m)

161.90 ± 5.85

160.98 ± 5.81

0.19

0.03^a

 BMI (kg/m²)

31.06 ± 4.66

30.78 ± 3.90

0.58

0.86^b

 WC (cm)

99.16 ± 10.31

98.53 ± 9.81

0.60

0.63^a

 WHR

0.93 ± 0.05

1.64 ± 8.04

0.27

0.95^a

Body composition

 BFM (kg)

34.02 ± 8.99

33.68 ± 8.30

0.74

0.64^a

 FFM (kg)

47.27 ± 5.53

46.23 ± 5.57

0.11

0.09^a

 VFL

16.42 ± 11.41

16.93 ± 17.32

0.76

0.44^a

Blood pressure

 SBP (mmHg)

112.16 ± 14.04

110.92 ± 13.78

0.46

0.49

 DBP (mmHg)

77.92 ± 9.59

77.49 ± 9.87

0.71

0.71

Blood parameters

 FBS (mmol/dl)

87.94 ± 10.21

86.24 ± 8.46

0.16

0.63

 HOMA-IR

3.36 ± 1.36

3.27 ± 1.17

0.61

0.46

 Total Cholesterol (mg/dl)

185.19 ± 34.12

184.83 ± 38.08

0.93

0.63

 TG (g/dl)

127.89 ± 74.23

114.52 ± 64.32

0.13

0.30

 HDL (mg/dl)

46.35 ± 9.94

47.07 ± 11.98

0.60

0.46

 LDL (mg/dl)

95.81 ± 23.23

93.84 ± 25.24

0.52

0.56

 LDL/HDL

2.13 ± 0.58

2.06 ± 0.60

0.39

0.31

 CHOL/HDL

4.17 ± 1.23

4.18 ± 1.83

0.95

0.78

Inflammatory marker

 hs-CRP (mg/ L)

4.15 ± 4.53

4.56 ± 4.77

0.50

0.69