Table 1.

Subject Characteristics

Subject	Sex	Age (y)	BMI (kg/m2)	Fasting Insulin (μU/mL)	Plasma Leptin (ng/mL)
1	F	41	30.9	24.1	45.4
2	F	27	25.0	8.7	14.8
3	F	27	23.3	6.1	10.5
4	M	39	31.0	10.4	7.8
5	M	46	28.9	5.4	3.2
6	M	49	32.6	11.3	9.0
7	M	24	23.8	7.2	5.7
8	M	23	27.3	7.1	4.9
Mean		34.5	27.8	10.0	12.7

BMI, body mass index; F, female; M, male.