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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 13.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetologia. 2006 Jul 26;49(9):2144–2152. doi: 10.1007/s00125-006-0362-9

Table 1.

Subject characteristics

Control (n=6) T2DM (n=6)
Age (years) 35±3 40±4
Height (m) 1.70±0.06 1.62±0.04
Weight (kg) 81±6 79±6
BMI (kg/m2) 27±1 30±3
Fat-free mass (kg) 59±4 52±5
Total body fat (%) 23±1 28±2a
Leg fat mass (kg) 2.8±0.3 3.6±0.8
Leg fat (%) 21±1 28±2
Leg fat-free mass (kg) 9.5±0.7 8.3±0.9
Total cholesterol (mmol/l) 5.3±0.2 4.7±0.3
HDL cholesterol (mmol/l) 1.3±0.2 1.4±0.2
LDL cholesterol (mmol/l) 3.2±0.2 2.4±0.5
Triglycerides (mmol/l) 3.6±0.7 4.4±1.3
HbA1c (%) ND 8.7±1.5
HOMA-IR 1.3±0.31 3.7±0.64a

Values are mean±SEM

T2DM Type 2 diabetes mellitus, ND not determined

a

Significantly different from controls (p<0.05)