Table 1.

Participants’ characteristics

Characteristic	NGT (n = 11)	Type 2 diabetes (n = 9)
Age (years)	58 ± 8	62 ± 6
BMI (kg/m2)	31.4 ± 1.8	30.5 ± 2.1
Body fat (%)	30.1 ± 6.2	31.3 ± 4.6
WHR	1.04 ± 0.05	1.05 ± 0.05
$\stackrel{\cdot }{V}{\mathrm{O}}_{2\max }$ (ml min−1 kg−1)	28.9 ± 4.8	29.5 ± 6.7
Glucose (mmol/l)	5.5 ± 0.2	8.6 ± 1.5*
Insulin (pmol/l)	89 ± 33	108 ± 44
HOMA-IR	3.3 ± 1.2	6.0 ± 2.8*
HbA1c (%)	5.6 ± 0.3	6.9 ± 0.6
HbA1c (mmol/mol)	38.20 ± 1.07	52.40 ± 2.19*
AST (μkat/l)	0.37 ± 0.15	0.42 ± 0.17
ALT (μkat/l)	0.63 ± 0.40	0.67 ± 0.33

Values are means ± SD

^* p < 0.05 men with NGT vs type 2 diabetes, unpaired samples t test

ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase