Table 1.
Age, body composition and metabolic characteristics of the study subjects.
| All subjects | Men (n = 43) |
Women (n = 63) |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Median (range) | |||
| Age (y) | 32.0 (18.0 – 59.0) | 30.7 (18.0 – 58.0) | 37.0 (21.0 – 59.0) |
| Body mass index (kg/m2) | 32.0 (18.1 – 44.3) | 26.3 (18.1 – 44.0) | 32.9 (19.8 – 44.3) |
| Fat-free mass (kg) | 56.7 (37.9 – 84.9) | 66.9 (46.8 – 84.9) | 52.2 (37.9 – 67.3) |
| Fat mass (kg) | 33.9 (4.8 – 67.5) | 16.7 (4.8 – 66.3) | 39.3 (11.5 – 67.5) |
| Fat mass (% body weight) | 36.0 (7.0 – 56.0) | 20.0 (7.0 – 51.0) | 42.0 (21.5 – 56.0) |
| Total abdominal fat mass (cm2) | 450.8 (36.0 – 927.0) | 204.9 (36.0 – 927.0) | 498.8 (73.0 – 875.0) |
| Subcutaneous abdominal fat mass (cm2) | 305.2 (30.0 – 730.7) | 107.0 (30.0 – 662.4) | 359.3 (65.0 – 730.7) |
| Intra-abdominal fat mass (cm2) | 109.2 (6.0 – 530.0) | 94.9 (6.0 – 530.0) | 117.4 (8.0 – 447.3) |
| Plasma glucose (mM) | 5.1 (4.3 – 6.1) | 5.1 (4.3 – 5.7) | 5.1 (4.3 – 6.1) |
| Plasma insulin (mU/l) | 8.8 (2.0 – 37.1) | 6.9 (2.0 – 30.4) | 10.7 (2.3 – 37.1) |
| Plasma FFA (µM) | 415 (153 – 782) | 365 (153 – 782) | 442 (161 – 689) |
| HOMA-IR | 2.08 (0.42 – 8.69) | 1.47 (0.42 – 7.06) | 2.37 (0.50 – 8.69) |
HOMA-IR: homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance.