TABLE 2.

Participant characteristics at baseline¹.

Characteristics	Females	Males	P value
Age (y)	23.62 ± 1.53	29.46 ± 2.29	0.0544
Height (cm)	164.1 ± 2.73	173.8 ± 1.15	0.0078
Weight (kg)	58.65 ± 2.39	69.63 ± 1.98	0.0033
BMI (kg/m2)	21.72 ± 0.50	22.99 ± 0.46	0.0303
Waist circumference (cm)	72.08 ± 1.55	82.49 ± 1.41	<0.0001
Blood glucose (mmol/L)	5.08 ± 0.07	5.17 ± 0.07	0.3571

¹Data are means ± SEM (n = 26). Significantly different (P < 0.05) between female and male participants, paired t test.