Table 1.

Subject characteristics

	Nonobese	Obese
n (men/women)	7/6	8/6
Age, yr	51.2 ± 1.7	50.9 ± 1.5
Height, cm	171.5 ± 2.0	163.9 ± 5.1
Mass, kg	75.1 ± 2.2	101.5 ± 3.2*
Body mass index, kg/m2	25.5 ± 0.3	35.6 ± 0.4*
Cholesterol, mg/dl	178.5 ± 11.2	190.0 ± 7.4
HDL-C, mg/dl	50.8 ± 4.6	46.4 ± 3.8
LDL-C, mg/dl	110.9 ± 6.9	125.1 ± 6.0
Triglyceride, mg/dl	99.9 ± 8.7	119.4 ± 12.7
Insulin, μU/ml	7.3 ± 1.1	11.9 ± 2.4
Glucose, mg/dl	86.3 ± 2.0	93.3 ± 4.0
Time to exhaustion, s	862.2 ± 61.7	618.7 ± 45.2*
V̇o2 peak, liter/min	2.4 ± 0.2	2.5 ± 0.2
V̇o2 peak, ml · kg−1 · min−1	30.9 ± 1.7	24.6 ± 1.3*

Data are means ± SE.

^*Significant difference between nonobese and obese groups (P < 0.05).