Table 3.

Clinical and biochemical characteristics of subjects studied for ORM mRNA and protein expression

Variable	Mean ± SD
N	20
Females	12
Age (years)	37.75 ± 13.96
BMI (kg/m2)	42.59 ± 11.14
Body fat (%)	49.91 ± 13.62
Glucose (mmol/L)	6.03 ± 1.57
Hemoglobin A1c (%)	5.71 ± 0.34
Insulin (mIU/L)	17.29 ± 10.57
HOMA-IR	4.45 ± 2.74
Cholesterol (mmol/L)	4.82 ± 1.07
LDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	3.11 ± 0.95
HDL-cholesterol (mmol/L)	1.12 ± 0.24
Triglycerides (mmol/L)	1.26 ± 0.73
CRP (ng/ml)	7.66 ± 5.36
Leptin (ng/ml)	44.61 ± 21.68
Adiponectin (μg/ml)	6.32 ± 1.8
ORM (g/L)	1.76 ± 0.77

SD, standard deviation