Table 1.

Characteristics of the lean and Caucasian women with severe obesity

	Lean	Severely Obese	P Value
n	8	8
Sex (male/female)	0/8	0/8
Ethnicity	8C	8C
Age, yr	28.8 ± 2.0	32.3 ± 1.8	0.27
BMI, kg/m2	21.9 ± 0.7	46.1 ± 3.1	P < 0.01
Fasting glucose, mg/dL	85.7 ± 2.26	95.0 ± 7.0	0.21
Fasting insulin, µU/mL	7.0 ± 0.7	15.9 ± 2.0	P < 0.01
HOMA-IR	1.5 ± 0.2	3.9 ± 0.8	P < 0.01

C, Caucasian. Data are presented as means ± SE, comparisons were made with an unpaired t test.