Table 1.

Characteristics of the subjects

	Type 2 diabetic subjects (n = 11)	Control subjects (n = 8)
Age (years)	62 ± 2	58 ± 1
Height (cm)	177 ± 3	179 ± 1
BMI (kg/m2)	32 ± 2*	28 ± 1
Time since diagnosis (years)	5 ± 2	–
Fasting insulin (pmol/l)	61 ± 9*	34 ± 6
Fasting glucose (mmol/l)	9.0 ± 0.5*	5.4 ± 0.1
Complex I activity (nmol min−1 mg protein−1)	50.8 ± 6.0	58.3 ± 4.7
Citrate synthase activity (pmol mg−1 s−1)	1.6 ± 0.1	2.0 ± 0.2
mtDNA (copies/μg tissue) ×103	119 ± 7*	147 ± 12
mtDNA/genomic DNA	2,773 ± 252	3,030 ± 185

Data are means±SEM. *p < 0.05 vs control subjects