TABLE 1.

Subject characteristics

	Lean	Obese
n	13	10
Age (years)	49 ± 9	54 ± 8
Weight (kg)	75 ± 6	102 ± 10*
Height (m)	1.81 ± 0.07	1.79 ± 0.07
BMI (kg/m2)	23.0 ± 1.8	31.9 ± 1.9*
Body fat percentage (kg)	20.2 ± 3.5	31.7 ± 1.5*
FFM (kg)	60.1 ± 5.4	69.7 ± 6.7*
Waist-to-hip ratio	0.91 ± 0.04	1.01 ± 0.03*
Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)	126 ± 11	137 ± 13*
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)	77 ± 7	85 ± 9*
HOMAIR	1.8 ± 0.7	3.4 ± 0.9*

Data are means ± SD. All subjects are men.

^*P < 0.05 obese vs. lean.