Table 1. Subject information (fasted white subjects, n = 15 in each group).

Group	Young male (YM)	Young female (YF)	Elderly male (EM)	Elderly female (EF)
Age range (yr)	25–33 (median 29)	25–34 (median 28)	55–64 (median 59)	55–63 (median 59)
Height (cm)	154.9–185.4 (median 172.7)	149.9–182.9 (median 162.6)†	165.1–190.5 (median 177.8)††	152.4–175.3 (median 162.6)†
Weight (kg)	52.2–113.9 (median 78.0)	59.9–147.4 (median 93.4)	63.5–116.1 (median 75.8)	62.6–114.3 (median 90.7)
BMI [kg/m2]	18.0–36.6 (median 26.2)	24.9–49.7 (median 35.4)†	19.5–34.9 (median 24.5)	26.1–43.3 (median 32.7)†

(BMI, body mass index).

^†Heights and BMIs are significantly different between males and females of corresponding age groups (p<0.05 by Man-Whitney U-test).

^††Heights of elderly males are significantly higher than those of young males (p<0.05 by Mann-Whitney U-test).