Table 1.
Anthropometrical and clinical parameters of volunteers.
| Baseline descriptive characteristics | Lean (n = 9) | Obese (n = 9) | p value | ||
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| Mean | SE | Mean | SE | ||
| Energy (Kcal) | 2,766.7 | 258.7 | 2799.1 | 171.4 | 0.918 |
| Fat intake (%E) | 44.6 | 2.2 | 42.5 | 1.8 | 0.573 |
| Physical activity (METs h/week) | 17.5 | 5.1 | 18.0 | 4.4 | 0.945 |
| Watching TV (METs h/week) | 12.2 | 2.5 | 10.2 | 3.2 | 0.621 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 23.1 | 0.4 | 34.7 | 1.2 | 0.000 |
| Waist circumference (cm) | 78.7 | 1.2 | 105.7 | 2.6 | 0.000 |
| QUICKI | 0.40 | 0.00 | 0.35 | 0.01 | 0.004 |
| Triglycerides (mg/dL) | 85.0 | 6.7 | 142.2 | 10.6 | 0.001 |
| Total Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 167.4 | 17.7 | 188.5 | 6.3 | 0.008 |
| HDL-Cholesterol (mg/dL) | 43.3 | 1.7 | 40.0 | 2.4 | 0.059 |
| Total Cholesterol/HDL-C | 3.5 | 0.2 | 5.0 | 0.3 | 0.003 |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) | 122.5 | 3.6 | 139.1 | 2.8 | 0.002 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) | 74.0 | 2.2 | 82.8 | 3.0 | 0.002 |
Abbreviations: BMI: Body mass index; QUICKI, Quantitative Insulin-Sensitivity Check Index; HDL, High-Density Lipoprotein; BP, Blood Pressure; MET, Metabolic Equivalent of Task; SE, Standard Error. Independent Student’s t-test or Mann-Whitney U-test were performed, as appropriate, depending on the results of Kolmogorov-Smirnoff and Shapiro-Wilk normality tests.