Table 1.

Patient demographics

Parameter	Type 2 diabetic (n = 514)a	Obese nondiabetic (n = 608)a
Gender (male), %	52	30
Age (years), mean ± SD	53 ± 10	45 ± 11
Race, %
Caucasian	34	73
Black/African American	11	13
Asian	24	1
Hispanic	30	10
Other	2	2
Body weight (kg), mean ± SD	88.0 ± 20.1	103.4 ± 15.4
BMI (kg/m2), mean ± SD	32.1 ± 5.2	36.8 ± 4.4
Fasting plasma glucose (mg/dL), mean ± SD	164.3 ± 46.6	93.9 ± 11.1

Note:

^aAt baseline.

Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; BMI, body mass index.