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Published in final edited form as: Obes Surg. 2009 Oct 29;20(1):93–107. doi: 10.1007/s11695-009-0002-9

Table 2.

Demographic and clinical characteristics of study patients

Group	Sex	Age (years)	BMI (kg/m² BSA)	Insulin (ng/ml)	Leptin (ng/ml)	Glucose (mg/dL)	Cholesterol (mg/dL)	TG (mg/dL)
Cohort 1
Obese 1	2 M, 1 F	53.7±7.8	42.7±5.7^*	9.7±1.5	22.0±4.9^**	88.3±7.5^****	237±38	213±44
Control 1	2 M, 1 F	50.7±12.6	23.7±0.4	8.6±3.8	2.2±1.0	63.0±5.8	176±19	146±17
Cohort 2
Obese 2	7 F	51.6±6.0^*	48.6±2.6^***	ND	ND	92.0±3.1	196±20	130±23
Control 2	4 F	30.0±6.0	22.1±2.3	ND	ND	87.3±10.3	161±6	79±24

p < 0.05;

^**

p < 0.02;

^***

p < 0.001;

^****

0.1 > p > 0.05 compared with cohort controls

ND not done