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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Feb 18.
Published in final edited form as: Obesity (Silver Spring). 2006 Jun;14(6):1056–1063. doi: 10.1038/oby.2006.121

Table 1.

Subject characteristics with serum fasting levels

Lean Obese p
Age (years) 25.1 ± 1.2 26.6 ± 11.5 0.433
Weight (kg) 74.6 ± 2.2 88.5 ± 2.3 0.000
BMI (kg/m2) 23.5 ± 0.7 31.4 ± 0.7 0.000
Fat mass (%) 23.9 ± 3.3 40.2 ± 0.8 0.001
Glucose (mg/dL) 89.7 ± 1.1 92.5 ± 2.7 0.338
Insulin (μU/mL) 5.45 ± 0.97 14.74 ± 1.14 0.000
Leptin (ng/dL) 5.13 ± 1.95 22.18 ± 3.44 0.000
Human growth hormone (μg/L) 0.65 ± 0.41 1.24 ± 0.64 0.155