Table 1.

Baseline Participant Characteristics.

	Young Participants (n = 21)	Middle-Aged Participants (n = 10)
Gender (M/F)	13/8	9/1
Age (yr)	25.0±0.8	52.9±2.5*
Age Range (yr)	19–32	44–68
BMI (kg/m2)	26.3±1.0	27.9±1.6
Fat mass (kg)	18.6±3.8	25.9±3.4
Fat free mass (kg)	66.0±3.7	66.8±2.9
Basal PAI-1(ng/mL)	34.4±1.7	44.0±2.6
Basal FFA (µM/L)	361.3±35.8	605±213.9*
Basal insulin (µU/mL)	7.1±1.1	11.7±2.0*

*p < .05 young vs middle-aged participants.