Table 1.

Subject characteristics.

	Upper body obese	Lower body obese	Lean
	n=10	n=11	n=8
Age (years)	42±8	38±9	37±10
Height (m)	1.68±0.06	1.68±0.3	1.70±0.04
Weight (kg)	91±10	86±7	67±6
BMI (kg/m2)	32.3±2.3	30.5±1.8	23.1±1.5
Waist-Hip ratio	0.91±0.05	0.77±0.04	0.80±0.07
Total-TG (mmol/L)	0.93 (0.32–1.82)	0.91 (0.58–1.87)	0.52 (0.36–1.13)
VLDL-TG (mmol/L)	0.57 (0.12–1.20)a	0.33 (0.21–1.05)	0.17 (0.08–0.42)
Fasting insulin (pmol/L)	60±16a	58±22a	25±10
Lean body mass (kg)	51.1±6.7b	47.0±3.3	42.1±5.0
Fat mass (kg)	36.4±4.2 b	35.6±3.7c	20.5±4.0
Fat percent (%)	41±3 b	42±2 c	32±5

Data are means ± SD or median and range. Symbols refer to post-hoc comparisons.

^ap<0.05 vs. lean;

^bp<0.01 vs. lean;

^cp<0.001 vs. lean.

Weight, BMI, and WHR are not random variables and thus not subject to statistical testing.