Table 1. Body composition, basal plasma glucose and endocrine variables.
| Men (n = 34) | Women (n = 33) | |||||
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||
| Age (years) | 27 | ± | 7 | 27 | ± | 7 |
| Height (cm) | 176.5 | ± | 5.8 * | 165.3 | ± | 6.3 |
| Body mass (kg) | 76.2 | ± | 11.5 * | 60.2 | ± | 8.4 |
| BMI (kg.m−2) | 24.5 | ± | 3.7 * | 22.0 | ± | 2.3 |
| % body fat | 18.4 | ± | 7.4 * | 28.1 | ± | 7.1 |
| Lean body mass (kg) | 58.6 | ± | 5.4 * | 40.6 | ± | 3.5 |
| Fat mass (kg) | 14.7 | ± | 7.9 * | 17.4 | ± | 6.7 |
| Trunk fat mass (kg) | 6.9 | ± | 4.8 * | 7.0 | ± | 4.5 |
| % fat in trunk | 42.8 | ± | 9.4 * | 37.6 | ± | 9.0 |
| Glucose (mmol.L−1) | 4.6 | ± | 0.4 * | 4.4 | ± | 0.5 |
| Insulin (pmol.L−1) | 59.3 | ± | 58.3 | 53.4 | ± | 24.9 |
| HOMA | 1.8 | ± | 2.0 | 1.5 | ± | 0.7 |
| Leptin (ng.mL−1) | 4.5 | ± | 4.0 * | 15.3 | ± | 8.2 |
| Soluble leptin receptor (ng.mL−1) | 25.5 | ± | 7.8 * | 30.7 | ± | 10.0 |
| Total testosterone (ng.mL−1) | 7.5 | ± | 3.8 * | 1.0 | ± | 0.4 |
| Free testosterone (pg.mL−1) | 18.0 | ± | 5.7 * | 3.7 | ± | 2.1 |
| 17β-estradiol | 16.0 | ± | 14.4 * | 76.9 | ± | 71.0 a |
* P<0.05 compared to women. a (n = 28).